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Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States (Studies in Writing & Rhetoric (Paperback))
Jean Ferguson Carr
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Description for Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States (Studies in Writing & Rhetoric (Paperback))
Paperback. Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States argues for an alternative understanding of rhetorical traditions. The volume includes a bibliography of works related to literacy instruction at all levels of education in the US during the nineteenth century. Series: Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; CFC; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
Both a historical recovery and a critical rethinking of the functions and practices of textbooks, Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States argues for an alternative understanding of our rhetorical traditions. The authors describe how the pervasive influence of nineteenth-century literacy textbooks demonstrate the early emergence of substantive instruction in reading and writing. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, few people in the United States had access to significant school education or to the materials of instruction. By century's end, education was a mass - though not universal - experience, and literacy textbooks ... Read more
Both a historical recovery and a critical rethinking of the functions and practices of textbooks, Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States argues for an alternative understanding of our rhetorical traditions. The authors describe how the pervasive influence of nineteenth-century literacy textbooks demonstrate the early emergence of substantive instruction in reading and writing. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, few people in the United States had access to significant school education or to the materials of instruction. By century's end, education was a mass - though not universal - experience, and literacy textbooks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Writing and Rhetoric
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809326112
SKU
V9780809326112
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About Jean Ferguson Carr
Jean Ferguson Carr, an associate professor of English and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh, is the coeditor of the Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture. Stephen L. Carr is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. Lucille M. Schultz is a professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of ... Read more
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