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ERIC Number: EJ152397
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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The Cultural Origins of Popular Literacy in England 1500-1850
Laqueur, Thomas
Oxford Review of Education, 2, 3, 255-75, 76
An historical investigation into how and why a literate culture came into being in England during 1500-1850. Examined are industrialization, economic necessity, schooling, writing diaries and family histories, access to books, property inventories, political protest, ballads, communication network, universal language, and cultural hegemony. (ND)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Elementary Education, Industrialization, Literacy, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
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Identifiers: England