Producing Good Citizens - Literacy Training in Anxious Times

Recent global security threats, economic instability and political uncertainty have placed great scrutiny on the requirements for U.S. citizenship. The stipulation of literacy has long been one of these criteria. In Producing Good Citizens, Amy J. Wan examines the historic roots of this phenomenon, looking specifically to the period just before World War I, up until the Great Depression.

About the author

Amy J. Wan is assistant professor of English and codirector of the first year writing program at Queens College, City University of New York.

Summary

Recent global security threats, economic instability and political uncertainty have placed great scrutiny on the requirements for U.S. citizenship. The stipulation of literacy has long been one of these criteria. In Producing Good Citizens, Amy J. Wan examines the historic roots of this phenomenon, looking specifically to the period just before World War I, up until the Great Depression.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Wan, Amy J Wan, Amy J. Wan
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2014
• EAN: 9780822962892
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6289-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Pitt Comp Literacy Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Composition, Literacy, and Cul; Composition, Literacy, and Culture
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics