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008			051005s2003 ctuab b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0275955249 (alk. paper)
020			_a0275978648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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035			_a(Sirsi) i9780275955243
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050	0	0	_aLC 151 _b.G68 2003
090			_aLC 151 .G68 2003
100	1		_aGordon, Edward E.
245	1	0	_aLiteracy in America : _bhistoric journey and contemporary solutions / _cEdward E. Gordon and Elaine H. Gordon ; foreword by Gerald Gutek.
260			_aWestport, Conn. : _bPraeger, _c2003.
300			_axxi, 329 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index.
505	0	0	_gPart I: Literacy and religion in colonial America (1620-1789) -- _tA light in the forest : colonial New England -- _tFrom "dukes" to "friends" : literacy in the Middle Atlantic colonies -- _t"Old field schools" and tidewater tutors : the Southern colonies -- _gPart II: Literacy in the young republic (1790-1860) -- _tLiteracy in transition : the Northeast -- _t"Lay the cornerstone more firmly" : the antebellum South -- _gPart III: Literacy and the frontier experience (1790-1900). "Jack of all trades, master of some" : pioneer educators of the Midwest -- _t"An eternity job" : riding the literacy circuit on the Western frontier -- _gPart IV: Literacy outside the mainstream (1620-1900) -- _tLiteracy as a mission : Native Americans -- _tContraband education : the struggle for African-American literacy -- _gPart V: Literacy in the modern age (1870- ) -- _tLiteracy for everyone? -- _gConclusion: _tThe lessons of literacy for today and tomorrow.
650		0	_aLiteracy _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aEducational sociology _zUnited States.
700	1		_aGordon, Elaine H.
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