Education and the culture of print in modern America / edited by Adam R. Nelson and John L. Rudolph.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Adam R.

Rudolph, John L., 1964-

Series:

Print culture history in modern America.

Print culture history in modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and education--United States--History.

Mass media and education.

Education--Social aspects--United States--History.

Education.

Physical Description:

viii, 225 p.

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vividly revealing the multiple layers on which print has been produced, consumed, regulated, and contested for the purpose of education since the mid-nineteenth century, the historical case studies in Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America deploy a view of education that extends far beyond the confines of traditional classrooms. The nine essays examine "how print educates" in settings as diverse as depression-era work camps, religious training, and broadcast television--all the while revealing the enduring tensions that exist among the controlling interests of print producers and consumers. This volume exposes what counts as education in American society and the many contexts in which education and print intersect. Offering perspectives from print culture history, library and information studies, literary studies, labor history, gender history, the history of race and ethnicity, the history of science and technology, religious studies, and the history of childhood and adolescence, Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America pioneers an investigation into the intersection of education and print culture.

Contents:

Introduction: Education, print culture, and the negotiation of meaning in modern America / Adam R. Nelson

Which truth, what fiction? : librarians' book recommendations for children, 1876-1890 / Kate McDowell

A "Colored Authors Collection" to exhibit to the world and educate a race / Michael Benjamin

Merry's flock : making something out of educational reform in the early twentieth century / Ryan K. Anderson

Printed presence : twentieth-century Catholic print culture for youngsters in the United States / Robert A. Orsi

Unschooled but not uneducated : print, public speaking, and the networks of informal working-class education, 1900-1940 / Frank Tobias Higbie

"Write as you fight" : the pedagogical agenda of the Working woman, 1929-1935 / Jane Greer

"A gentleman is no sissy" : reading, work, and citizenship in the Civilian Conservation Corps / Catherine Turner

State regulation of the textbook industry / Adam R. Shapiro

Teaching reading with television : constructing closed captioning using the rhetoric of literacy / Greg Downey

Conclusion: Education, work, and the culture of print : directions for future research / James P. Danky.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612555329

9781282555327

1282555324

9780299236137

0299236137

OCLC:

644673203