Literacy in America: Historic Journey and Contemporary Solutions

by Edward E. Gordon and Elaine H. Gordon

This book is the first comprehensive history of how the American people achieved varying degrees of literacy from early colonial times to the modern era. The authors demonstrate that literacy education is not synonymous with schooling. By focusing on people rather than statistics, including literacy among women and minority groups, they explore the literacy agents, methods, and materials used at different times and places throughout the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978648
• ISBN13: 9780275978648
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"