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- Monaghan, E. Jennifer, 1933-
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, c2005.
- Description
- Book — xiii, 491 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Summary
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- Literacy and the law in orthodox New England
- Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay
- Books read by children at home and at school
- Death and literacy in two devout Boston families
- The literacy mission of the S.P.G
- Literacy and the Mohawks
- Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren
- The rise of the spelling book
- Literacy instruction and the enslaved
- Writing instruction
- The new world of children's books
- Literacy in three families of the 1770s.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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