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City literacies : learning to read across generations and cultures / Eve Gregory and Ann Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Eve.
- Series:
- Literacies.
- Literacies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Social aspects--England--London--Case studies.
- Literacy.
- Multicultural education--England--London--Case studies.
- Multicultural education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in Spitalfields and The City at the end of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction: poverty and illiteracy the deficit myth; Living and learning east of the Aldgate pump; Places and peoples; Schooling the City; Childhood memories of literacy and learning; Introduction; Literacy for survival; Literacy for equality; Literacy for choice; Looking back; Looking ahead: young literacies, lives and learning; Introduction; Living literacies in homes and communities; Learning the literacy of school; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-65474-X
- 0-203-19046-7
- 1-134-65475-8
- 1-280-35446-1
- 0-203-13806-6
- 9780203138069
- OCLC:
- 277662085
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