Literacy in traditional societies / 
edited by Jack Goody. 
 - 1st pbk. edition. 
 - 349 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-338) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521073456 9780521073455 0521290058 9780521290050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literacy<br/>Oral tradition<br/>Communication and culture
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC149  / 1975 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.2244