Literacy in traditional societies /

Literacy in traditional societies / edited by Jack Goody. - 1st pbk. edition. - 349 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-338) and index.

Introduction / The consequences of literacy / Implications of literacy in traditional China and India / Literacy in a Buddhist village in North-East Thailand / Literacy in Kerala / The transmission of Islamic learning in the Western Sudan / Restricted literacy in Northern Ghana / Literacy in a Nomadic Society: the Somali case / Astrology and writing in Madagascar / Uses of literacy in New Guinea and Melanesia / The measurement of literacy in pre-industrial England / Jack Goody -- Jack Goody and Ian Watt -- Kathleen Gough -- S. J. Tambiah -- Kathleen Gough -- Ivor Wilks -- Jack Goody -- I. M. Lewiss -- Maurice Bloch -- M. Meggitt -- R. S. Schofield. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Literacy
Oral tradition
Communication and culture

LC149 / 1975

302.2244

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