Literacy in America : historic journey and contemporary solutions / Edward E. Gordon and Elaine H. Gordon ; foreword by Gerald Gutek.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.Description: xxi, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0275955249 (alk. paper)
  • 0275978648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 151 .G68 2003
Contents:
Part I: Literacy and religion in colonial America (1620-1789) -- A light in the forest : colonial New England -- From "dukes" to "friends" : literacy in the Middle Atlantic colonies -- "Old field schools" and tidewater tutors : the Southern colonies -- Part II: Literacy in the young republic (1790-1860) -- Literacy in transition : the Northeast -- "Lay the cornerstone more firmly" : the antebellum South -- Part III: Literacy and the frontier experience (1790-1900). "Jack of all trades, master of some" : pioneer educators of the Midwest -- "An eternity job" : riding the literacy circuit on the Western frontier -- Part IV: Literacy outside the mainstream (1620-1900) -- Literacy as a mission : Native Americans -- Contraband education : the struggle for African-American literacy -- Part V: Literacy in the modern age (1870- ) -- Literacy for everyone? -- Conclusion: The lessons of literacy for today and tomorrow.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index.

Part I: Literacy and religion in colonial America (1620-1789) -- A light in the forest : colonial New England -- From "dukes" to "friends" : literacy in the Middle Atlantic colonies -- "Old field schools" and tidewater tutors : the Southern colonies -- Part II: Literacy in the young republic (1790-1860) -- Literacy in transition : the Northeast -- "Lay the cornerstone more firmly" : the antebellum South -- Part III: Literacy and the frontier experience (1790-1900). "Jack of all trades, master of some" : pioneer educators of the Midwest -- "An eternity job" : riding the literacy circuit on the Western frontier -- Part IV: Literacy outside the mainstream (1620-1900) -- Literacy as a mission : Native Americans -- Contraband education : the struggle for African-American literacy -- Part V: Literacy in the modern age (1870- ) -- Literacy for everyone? -- Conclusion: The lessons of literacy for today and tomorrow.

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