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Adult Literacy and American Identity: The Moonlight Schools and Americanizatio
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Adult Literacy and American Identity: The Moonlight Schools and A
- Publication Date
- 2014-11-06
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN
- 9780809333585
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
- Publication Name
- Adult Literacy and American Identity : the Moonlight Schools and Americanization Programs
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Subject
- Adult & Continuing Education, Study & Teaching, Civics & Citizenship, Literacy
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 10.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809333589
ISBN-13
9780809333585
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177752013
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Adult Literacy and American Identity : the Moonlight Schools and Americanization Programs
Subject
Adult & Continuing Education, Study & Teaching, Civics & Citizenship, Literacy
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-009017
Reviews
" Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp's research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the "Appalachian literacy crisis" is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today."--Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women's Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
374/.0124
Synopsis
Drawing on personal correspondence, conference proceedings, textbooks, and speeches, this book examines two literacy programs in the early twentieth century-the Moonlight Schools in eastern Kentucky, focused on native-born nonliterate adults, and the Americanization movement, dedicated to the education of recent immigrants. These programs competed for public attention, the interest of educators, and private and governmental funding, fueling a vibrant public debate about the definition of literacy., The release of U.S. census data in 1910 sparked rhetoric declaring the nation had a literacy crisis and proclaiming illiterate citizens a threat to democratic life. While newspaper editors, industrialists, and officials in the federal government frequently placed the blame on newly arrived immigrants, a smaller but no less vocal group of rural educators and clubwomen highlighted the significant number of native-born illiterate adults in the Appalachian region. Author Samantha NeCamp looks at the educational response to these two distinct literacy narratives--the founding of the Moonlight Schools in eastern Kentucky, focused on native-born nonliterate adults, and the establishment of the Americanization movement, dedicated to the education of recent immigrants. Drawing on personal correspondence, conference proceedings, textbooks, and speeches, NeCamp demonstrates how the Moonlight Schools and the Americanization movement competed for public attention, the interest of educators, and private and governmental funding, fueling a vibrant public debate about the definition of literacy. The very different pedagogical practices of the two movements--and how these practices were represented to the public--helped shape literacy education in the United States. Reading the Moonlight Schools and the Americanization movement in relation to one another, Adult Literacy and American Identity expands the history and theory of literacy and literacy education in the United States. This book will be of interest to scholars in literacy, Appalachian studies, and rhetoric and composition., The release of U.S. census data in 1910 sparked rhetoric declaring the nation had a literacy crisis and proclaiming illiterate citizens a threat to democratic life. While newspaper editors, industrialists, and officials in the federal government frequently placed the blame on newly arrived immigrants, a smaller but no less vocal group of rural educators and clubwomen highlighted the significant number of native-born illiterate adults in the Appalachian region. Author Samantha NeCamp looks at the educational response to these two distinct literacy narratives-the founding of the Moonlight Schools in eastern Kentucky, focused on native-born nonliterate adults, and the establishment of the Americanization movement, dedicated to the education of recent immigrants. Drawing on personal correspondence, conference proceedings, textbooks, and speeches, NeCamp demonstrates how the Moonlight Schools and the Americanization movement competed for public attention, the interest of educators, and private and governmental funding, fueling a vibrant public debate about the definition of literacy. The very different pedagogical practices of the two movements-and how these practices were represented to the public-helped shape literacy education in the United States. Reading the Moonlight Schools and the Americanization movement in relation to one another, Adult Literacy and American Identity expands the history and theory of literacy and literacy education in the United States. This book will be of interest to scholars in literacy, Appalachian studies, and rhetoric and composition.
LC Classification Number
LC5147.A67N43 2014
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