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Small town development and urban illiteracy: comparative evidence from Leicestershire marriage registers 1754-1890

Kleinstadtentwicklung und städtisches Analphabetentum: vergleichende Aussagen anhand des Heiratsregisters von Leicestershire 1754-1890
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Hoyler, Michael

Abstract

Mit dem Aufkommen einer allgemeinen Bildung im England der Frühmoderne werden die geographisch bedingten Bildungsunterschiede offenbar. Aus drei Kleinstädten mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftsfunktionen werden die anglikanischen Heiratsregister des Zeitraums 1754 - 1890 analysiert. Auf dieser... view more

Mit dem Aufkommen einer allgemeinen Bildung im England der Frühmoderne werden die geographisch bedingten Bildungsunterschiede offenbar. Aus drei Kleinstädten mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftsfunktionen werden die anglikanischen Heiratsregister des Zeitraums 1754 - 1890 analysiert. Auf dieser Grundlage wird gefragt, wie sich zur Zeit der Industrialisierung in Kleinstadtgesellschaften vor allem die sozioökonomischen Unterschiede auf das Bildungsniveau auswirkten. Ferner wird nach Unterschieden zwischen einer Stadt und ihrer Umgebung gefragt. So werden Muster des Analphabetentums herausgearbeitet. Dabei zeigt sich ein enger und geschlechtsspezifischer Zusammenhang zwischen Analphabetismus und städtischen Beschäftigungs- und Sozialstrukturen. Bildung beeinflußte nur dann das Heiratsalter und verband sich mit großer Heiratsentfernung, wenn beide Gatten in der Lage waren, das Heiratsregister zu unterzeichnen. Anderenfalls rangierten sozioökonomische Bestimmungsfaktoren vor Bildungsfaktoren. (prf)... view less


'Geographical variations in literacy levels are a constituent feature of the long process of educational expansion in England. Based on the analysis of Anglican marriage registers for the period 1754 to 1890, the article explores patterns of illiteracy in three small Leicestershire towns with contra... view more

'Geographical variations in literacy levels are a constituent feature of the long process of educational expansion in England. Based on the analysis of Anglican marriage registers for the period 1754 to 1890, the article explores patterns of illiteracy in three small Leicestershire towns with contrasting economic functions. Illiteracy levels were closely related to urban occupational and social structures, which also affected distinct gender differentials. Evidence on the effect of literacy on age at marriage and marriage distance suggests that demographic behaviour and spatial interaction were determined more by socio-economic factors than by the possession of literacy skills. Literacy attainment, however, was linked to extended marriage distances when both spouses could sign the register.' (author s abstract)... view less

Keywords
regional mobility; wedding; small town; eighteenth century; historical development; economic factors; literacy; city-country relationship; industrialization; comparison; level of education; Great Britain; gender-specific factors; age; nineteenth century

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Sociology of Education
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy

Method
empirical; historical; quantitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
1998

Page/Pages
p. 202-230

Journal
Historical Social Research, 23 (1998) 1/2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.23.1998.1/2.202-230

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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