Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America

Informationen zum Autor E. Jennifer Monaghan is professor emerita of English, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York. Klappentext An experienced teacher of reading and writing and an award-winning historian, E. Jennifer Monaghan brings to vibrant life the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, she examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the sometimes wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners. Zusammenfassung Sheds light on the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia! this work examines the instruction of girls and boys! Native Americans and enslaved Africans! the privileged and the poor! revealing the wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners.

Product details

• Authors: E Jennifer Monaghan, E. Jennifer Monaghan, E.jennifer Monaghan
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2007
• EAN: 9781558495814
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-581-4
• No. of pages: 504
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book; Studies in Print Culture and t; Studies in Print Culture and t; Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous