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Language: English
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988
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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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- Title
- ABC : The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind
- Author
- Illich, Ivan., Sanders, Barry
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0865472912
- ISBN 13
- 9780865472914
- Item weight
- 0.88 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
Traces the historical evolution of written language, public literacy, and libraries; assesses the impact of the alphabet on thought processes and memory as well as society; and analyzes the potential effects of the current erosion of literacy on the future
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xamination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture--language is becoming part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control, rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.
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