Amy Wan

Producing Good Citizens (eBook, ePUB)

Literacy Training in Anxious Times

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Recent global security threats, economic instability, and political uncertainty have placed great scrutiny on the requirements for U.S. citizenship. The stipulation of literacy has long been one of these criteria. In Producing Good Citizens, Amy J. Wan examines the historic roots of this phenomenon, looking specifically to the period just before World War I, up until the Great Depression. During this time, the United States witnessed a similar anxiety over the influx of immigrants, economic uncertainty, and global political tensions.Citing numerous literacy theorists, Wan analyzes the correlation of reading and writing skills to larger currents within American society. She shows how early literacy training coincided with the demand for laborers during the rise of mass manufacturing, while also providing an avenue to economic opportunity for immigrants. Kindle eBook Available iPad eBook Nook eBook Available

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822979609
• Artikelnr.: 41073093

Autorenporträt

Amy J. Wan is assistant professor of English and codirector of the first year writing program at Queens College, City University of New York.