Learning to read and write in Colonial America

Learning to read and write in Colonial America / E. Jennifer Monaghan.

Author/creator	Monaghan, E. Jennifer, 1933-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Worcester : American Antiquarian Society, ©2005.
Description	xiii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Literacy--United States --History --17th century. Literacy--United States --History --18th century. Books and reading--United States --History --17th century. Books and reading--United States --History --18th century.

Series	Studies in print culture and the history of the book Studies in print culture and the history of the book. ^A388034
Contents	Literacy and the law in orthodox New England -- Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay -- Books read by children at home and at school -- Death and literacy in two devout Boston families -- The literacy mission of the S.P.G -- Literacy and the Mohawks -- Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren -- The rise of the spelling book -- Literacy instruction and the enslaved -- Writing instruction -- The new world of children's books -- Literacy in three families of the 1770s.
Local note	Little-347840--305131054520T
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-460) and index.
LCCN	2004027600
ISBN	1558494863 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	LC151 .M65 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold