Ancient literacy /
How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since they have been impressed by large bodies of an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1991.
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Edición: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- PART ONE Introduction
- 1 Levels of Greek and Roman Literacy
- 2 The Functions of Literacy in the Graeco-Roman World
- PART TWO The Literacy and Illiteracy of the Greeks
- 3 The Spread of Literacy in Archaic Times
- 4 The Classical Growth of Literacy and Its Limits
- 5 The Hellenistic State and Elementary Education
- PART THREE Literacy and Illiteracy in the Roman World
- 6 Archaic Italy and the Middle Republic
- 7 The Late Republic and the High Empire, 100 B.C.�250 A.D.
- 8 Literacy in Late Antiquity
- ConclusionBibliography
- Index