Labyrinths Literacy: Reflections on Literacy Past and Present (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture)
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A compelling collection by one of the pioneers of revisionist approaches to the history of literacy in North America and Europe, The Labyrinths of Literacy offers original and controversial views on the relation of literacy to society, leading the way for scholars and citizens who are willing to question the importance and function of literacy in the development of society today. Booknews Sixteen essays on the relation of literacy to society and the problem-solving, knowledge-creating, and communication side- benefits of the ability to read and write. First published by Falmer Press, 1987. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the 1995 EditionIntroduction1Reflections on the History of Literacy: Overview, Critique, and Proposals32Literacy Past and Present: Critical Approaches in the Literacy/Society Relationship373Literacy and Social Development in North America: On Ideology and History614Exaggerated Estimates of Reading and Writing as Means of Education (1867)825Critical Literacy Versus Cultural Literacy: Reading Signs of the Times?1056Literacy, Education, and Fertility, Past and Present: A Critical Review1147On Literacy in the Renaissance: Review and Reflections1468Literacy in History: Review Essay1669Respected and Profitable Labour: Literacy, Jobs, and the Working Class in the Nineteenth Century17510"Pauperism, Misery, and Vice": Illiteracy and Criminality in the Nineteenth Century20011Literacy in Literature and in Life: An Early Twentieth-Century Example22712Literacy, Libraries, Lives: New Social and Cultural Histories24613On Literacy: Review Essay (1983)26614National Literacy Campaigns in Historical and Comparative Perspective27015Whither the History of Literacy? The Future of the Past30116Literacy, Myths, and Legacies: Lessons from the History of Literacy318
