Understanding Literacy in Its Historical Contexts: Socio-cultural History and the Legacy of Egil Johansson
Harvey J. Graff · Alison Mackinnon · Bengt Sandin · Ian Winchester
Jan 2009 · Nordic Academic Press
Ebook
304
Pages
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
In this detailed study of the history of universal literacy in Sweden, a group of renowned scholars review and explore the possibilities for the wider circulation and broader application of central dimensions of the early literacy studies, expounding upon the work of the Swedish Lutheran pastor and pioneering social historian Egil Johansson. Working initially with parish registers, especially examination registers from northern Sweden, Johansson discovered the extraordinary usefulness of these documents to determine how literacy in Sweden occurred well before any other European nation, despite the fact that Sweden was industrialized about 100 years later than the European norm. Egil Johansson also developed imaginative data-analysis techniques that help historians around the world to better picture the complete human cast of the past. With the help of numerous contributors Johansson founded a giant database of church records and other information, which now can help the understanding of preindustrial society. Johansson’s work spans over many aspects of literacy and social history and their respective relation to religion and gender.
About the author
Harvey J. Graff is the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and Professor of English and History at The Ohio State University, U.S. Alison Mackinnon is Professor Emerita of History and Gender Studies at the Hawke Research Institute, the University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Bengt Sandin, is a Professor of Child Studies at the University of Linköping, Sweden. Ian Winchester is Professor and Emeritus Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
