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.
0521073456 9780521073455 0521290058 9780521290050
Literacy
Oral tradition
Communication and culture
LC149 / 1975
302.2244
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.
0521073456 9780521073455 0521290058 9780521290050
Literacy
Oral tradition
Communication and culture
LC149 / 1975
302.2244