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Adult literacy and American identity : the Moonlight schools & Americanization programs / Samantha NeCamp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- NeCamp, Samantha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Appalachian Region--History--20th century.
- Literacy.
- Adult education--Appalachian Region--History--20th century.
- Adult education.
- Americanization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The release of U.S.census data in 1910 sparked rhetoric declaring the nation had a literacy crisis and proclaiming illiterate citizens a threat to democratic life.While newspaper editors, industrialists, and officials in the federal government frequently placed the blame on newly arrived immigrants, a smaller but no less vocal group of rural.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literacy, Crisis, and Educational Responses
- 3. Developing Pedagogies for Illiterate Adults
- 4. The Politics of Americanization
- 5. Professionalizing Adult Education
- 6. Implications and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Author Biography
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3359-7
- OCLC:
- 899009291
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