Literacy in Traditional Societies; - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Language: English
Published by Cambridge At the University Press, London, New York, 1968
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A first Printing of the First Edition that is Fine despite some minor boardwear, housed in a Very Good+ price-clipped dust-jacket that is soiled and edgeworn; This book presents the results of a study of literacy in traditional societies. It covers a wide range of topics, from the history of literacy and writing in traditional societies to the current state of literacy and writing in these societies. The book is divided into five sections, each of which focuses on a different aspect of literacy in traditional societies. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in literacy in traditional societies, as well as in the history of writing and literacy.; 8vo; 349 pages.
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- Title
- Literacy in Traditional Societies; - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Goody, Jack (editor)
- Publisher
- Cambridge At the University Press, London, New York
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521073456
- ISBN 13
- 9780521073455
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
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Review
'These essays have great interest for the problem of cultural transmission in any age.' Archaeology
'This book's great merit is to be found largely in the combination of a stimulating theoretical approach with a great variety of ethnographic fact to test it. Not only are the papers by the contributors to this book based on first-class fieldwork, they also test their own conclusions in relation to Goody and Watt's findings. The fact that they do this not only adds much value to their own contributions, but it also makes this excellent book an extraordinarily homogeneous one.' Anthropological Forum
'Jack Goody, in this, as in his earlier works, is erudite, lucid and innovative in his thinking. Anthropologists, historians, educators and others will find his studies and those of his collaborators stimulating and probably seminal for a number of other investigations.' History of Education Quarterly
'... this book is one of that important group of works to have appeared on the borders of history and anthropology; it shows in a stimulating and controversial way how much anthropology and history can contribute to each other in practice and in theory, and how they can combine in the search for methods suitable for the writing of world history.' The Oxford Magazine
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