Education and the culture of print in modern America / edited by Adam R. Nelson and John L. Rudolph.

Other author Nelson, Adam R.
Other author Rudolph, John L., 1964-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press,
Descriptionviii, 225 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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SeriesPrint culture history in modern America
Print culture history in modern America. ^A628609
Contents Introduction: Education, print culture, and the negotiation of meaning in modern America / Adam R. Nelson -- Which truth, what fiction? : librarians' book recommendations for children, 1876-1890 / Kate McDowell -- A "Colored Authors Collection" to exhibit to the world and educate a race / Michael Benjamin -- Merry's flock : making something out of educational reform in the early twentieth century / Ryan K. Anderson -- Printed presence : twentieth-century Catholic print culture for youngsters in the United States / Robert A. Orsi -- Unschooled but not uneducated : print, public speaking, and the networks of informal working-class education, 1900-1940 / Frank Tobias Higbie -- "Write as you fight" : the pedagogical agenda of the Working woman, 1929-1935 / Jane Greer -- "A gentleman is no sissy" : reading, work, and citizenship in the Civilian Conservation Corps / Catherine Turner -- State regulation of the textbook industry / Adam R. Shapiro -- Teaching reading with television : constructing closed captioning using the rhetoric of literacy / Greg Downey -- Conclusion: Education, work, and the culture of print : directions for future research / James P. Danky.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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LCCN 2009040638
ISBN9780299236144 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0299236145 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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ISBN0299236137 (e-book)

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