Handwriting in America
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Tamara Plakins Thornton.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Writing -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-232) and index.