Handwriting in America
Subtitle: A Cultural History
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 25, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780300074413
Subjects: Cultural studies; Palaeography (history of writing); History; Sociology; History: American; USA; Anthropology - Cultural; Handwriting; United States - General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Popular Culture - General
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.