1987•The American Historical ReviewRequires access

Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity: Illiteracy and Society in Scotland and Northern England, 1600-1800

Harvey J. Graff, R. A. Houston

Abstract

Tables Abbreviations Preface 1. The ideal of Scottish literacy 2. Structures and trends in illiteracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 3. Illiteracy in mid seventeenth-century Britain 4. The reasons for literacy 5. Measures of literacy 6. Oral culture and literate culture 7. The politics of literacy 8. Literacy and the Scottish identity Appendices Bibliography Index.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 24 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

Key concepts: Functional illiteracy, Literacy, Identity (music), Politics, History, Sociology, Media studies, Gender studies