The Making of Literate Societies
Contributors: Joseph Akoha (Contributor); Maria Luisa Canieso-Doronilia (Contributor); Luis Enrique Lopez (Contributor); Florian Coulmas (Contributor); Chander J. Daswani (Contributor); Georg Elwert (Contributor); Malini Ghose (Contributor); Esther N. Goody (Contributor); Ingrid Jung (Contributor); David R. Olson (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780631227434
Subjects: Literacy; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Psychology; Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy; Developmental - General; General; Sociology - General; Cross-cultural studies; Social aspects
First sentence: The eighteenth-century Enlightenment provided the West with a legacy of hope, hope for the perfectibility of mankind and the perfectibility of social institutions.