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- Title
NINETEENTH-CENTURY TIMETABLES AND THE HISTORY OF READING.
- Authors
Esbester, Mike
- Abstract
The article discusses the relationship between British reading habits and railway timetables. It describes how the complicated and ubiquitous forms, trade catalogs, route maps, invoices, product advertising, and distance charts created the necessity of a literate public. The prevalence of "functional reading" in 19th century London, England is discussed, along with historiographical analyses on the history of reading and literacy. Other subjects under discussion include the reading of commercial advertisements in stores and shops, political posters and their messages, and the role of timetables in teaching children how to read.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FUNCTIONAL reading; FUNCTIONAL literacy; LITERACY; BOOKS &; reading; SOCIOLOGY of books &; reading; SOCIAL conditions in Great Britain; NINETEENTH century; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Book History (Pennsylvania State University Press), 2009, Vol 12, p156
- ISSN
1098-7371
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/bh.0.0018