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The history of literacy

Geschichte der Alphabetisierung
[journal article]

Graff, Harvey J.

Abstract

Die Geschichte der geistigen Bildung wird selten zusammen mit anderen Aspekten der großen sozialen Veränderung betrachtet. Der Beitrag liefert eine fundierte Betrachtung der Anstrengungen und der Unzulänglichkeiten quantitativer Forschung über die Verbreitung des Lesens und Schreibens im Westen. Gle... view more

Die Geschichte der geistigen Bildung wird selten zusammen mit anderen Aspekten der großen sozialen Veränderung betrachtet. Der Beitrag liefert eine fundierte Betrachtung der Anstrengungen und der Unzulänglichkeiten quantitativer Forschung über die Verbreitung des Lesens und Schreibens im Westen. Gleichzeitig werden Vorschläge für weitere qualitative Forschung gemacht, wodurch die folgenden Texte in einen kritischen Zusammenhang gestellt werden. (KWübers.)... view less


'The history of literacy is rarely treated together with other aspects of 'the great change'. This essay offers a sustained reflection on the achievements and shortcomings of quantitative research on the spread of reading and writing in the West. At the same time, it suggests several fruitful direct... view more

'The history of literacy is rarely treated together with other aspects of 'the great change'. This essay offers a sustained reflection on the achievements and shortcomings of quantitative research on the spread of reading and writing in the West. At the same time, it suggests several fruitful directions for further qualitative research and thereby puts the papers that follow into an argumentative context.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
historical development; writing; social change; literacy; reading; Western world

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature

Document language
English

Publication Year
1985

Page/Pages
p. 37-43

Journal
Historical Social Research, 10 (1985) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.10.1985.2.37-43

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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