Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America (Studies in Print Culture & the History of the Book) - Softcover

Monaghan, E.Jennifer

 
9781558495814: Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America (Studies in Print Culture & the History of the Book)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1558495819 ISBN 13: 9781558495814
Publisher: University Massachusetts Press, 2007

Synopsis

An experienced teacher of reading and writing and an award-winning historian, E. Jennifer Monaghan brings to vibrant life the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, she examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the sometimes wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners.

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About the Author

E. JENNIFER MONAGHAN is professor emerita of English, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.

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Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1558495819
ISBN 13 
9781558495814
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
504

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