num_pages: 264
description: Copybooks and the Palmer method, handwriting analysis and autograph collecting - these words conjure up a lost world, in which people looked to handwriting as both a lesson in conformity and a talisman of individuality. In this engaging history, ranging from colonial times to the present, Tamara Plakins Thornton explores the shifting functions and meanings of handwriting in America.
language: English
title: Handwriting in America: A Cultural History
titlecomplete: Handwriting in America: A Cultural History
genres: Nonfiction, History, Writing
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Yale University Press