Cultural literacy : what every American needs to know / E. D. Hirsch, Jr. ; with an updated appendix, What literate Americans know [by] E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph Kett, James Trefil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirsch, E. D., Jr. (Eric Donald), 1928-

Contributor:

Kett, Joseph F.

Trefil, James, 1938-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational anthropology--United States.

Educational anthropology.

United States.

Culture.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

[First Vintage Books edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books a division of Random House, [1988]

Summary:

Professor Hirsch argues that children in the United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. (Education)

Contents:

Literacy and cultural literacy

The discovery of the schema

National language and national culture

American diversity and public discourse

Cultural literacy and the schools

The practical outlook

What literate Americans know.

Notes:

"First Vintage Books Edition, May 1988."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-238) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

ISBN:

0394758439

9780394758435

OCLC:

17354254

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