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Literacy and the worth of liberty
Alphabetismus und der Wert der Freiheit
'As one example of the third generation of literacy studies, this paper investigates the functional value of literacy in legal transactions. Based upon empirical evidence about mortgages and wills in two American counties in the 19th century, the article investigates the general legal theory and court practice regarding the participation of illiterate persons in contracts. In spite of a lingering …
Creator
- Stevens, Edward
Subject
Type of item
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
Creation date
- 1985
- 1985
Places
- Deutschland
- Germany
Provenance
- Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Source
- Historical Social Research, 10(2)
Identifier
- oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/3481
- 0172-6404
- http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/3481
- urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-34819
- https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.10.1985.2.65-81
- http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/3481/ssoar-hsr-1985-no_34-stevens-literacy_and_the_worth_of.pdf?sequence=1
- http://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/VPZZBRJTS2EUVO52YLQ6PE4Z66R6TKSR
Extent
- Seite(n): 65-81
Format
- application/pdf
Language
- eng
- eng
Year
- 1985
Providing country
- Germany
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-01-21T09:51:58.264Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-01-21T09:51:58.264Z