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Secret habits : Catholic literacy education for women in the early nineteenth century /
"Literacy historians have credited the Protestant mandate to read scripture, as well as Protestant schools, for advances in American literacy. This belief, however, has overshadowed other important efforts and led to an incomplete understanding of our literacy history. In Secret Habits: Catholi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction: Beyond the Protestant Literacy Myth
- Chapter One: Literacy, Religion, and Textbooks
- Chapter Two: The Religious Nature of Early Women's Literacy
- Chapter Three: U.S.-Based Convents and the Literacy Experience
- Chapter Four: Literacy in Convent Schools of European-Based Congregations
- Chapter Five: Literacy, Benevolence, and the Paradox of Good Works
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Works Cited.