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Publication details [#35028]

Graff, Harvey J. 1987. The legacies of literacy: Continuities and contradictions in Western culture and society. Indiana University. vii + 493 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical explanation | language and society | literacy | sociolinguistics

Annotation

This historical survey of the nature and spread of literacy in Western societies from the early times to the present, supports the restatement of the author's arguments in THE LITERACY MYTH, i.e. that the nature of literacy and its role has been misunderstood.

Reviewed by

Peters, Edward. 1990. Review of $The legacies of literacy: Continuities and contradictions in Western culture and society.