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  3. Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      11 November 2009
      05 December 1985
      ISBN:
      9780511522598
      9780521890885
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511522598
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (230 x 153 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.547kg, 336 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, British History after 1450, Regional and World History: General Interest, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time (4)
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, British History after 1450, Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time (4)
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    Scottish education and literacy have achieved a legendary status. A campaign promoted by church and state between 1560 and 1696 is said to have produced the most literate population in the early modern world. This book sets out to test this belief by comparing the ability to read and write in Scotland with northern England in particular and with Europe and North America in general. It combines extensive statistical analysis with qualitative and theoretical discussion to produce an important argument about the significance of literacy and education for the individual and society of relevance not just to the Scottish experience but to a far broader social and geographical area.

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