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Reading Palestine : Printing and Literacy, 1900-1948.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292797369
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading PalestineDDC classification:
  • 302.2/244/094694
LOC classification:
  • LB1050
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Palestine in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Recapturing Past Reading -- Chapter 1. Literacy and Education -- Education: Phases of Development -- The Impact of Education: Profile of the "Literate" Community -- Chapter 2. Texts: Imported, Produced, Viewed -- Traditional Stocks: The Augury of Change -- Impact of the Neighborhood -- Local Production -- Texts in the Public Domain -- Chapter 3. Texts Accessed and Afforded -- Conduits of Dissemination -- Buying One's Own Book -- Accessing without Buying: Libraries, Clubs, Reading Rooms -- Accessing without Buying: Open Public Places -- Chapter 4. Individual Reading -- Individual Reading: Past Legacy -- Mutala'ah in Twentieth-Century Palestine: The Comfort of Home -- Private Reading in Public -- Chapter 5. Collective Reading -- The Old, Familiar Conduits -- Vocal Reading: Bridging across Illiteracy -- Vocal Reading: The Extra Benefit of the Collective Experience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Palestine in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Recapturing Past Reading -- Chapter 1. Literacy and Education -- Education: Phases of Development -- The Impact of Education: Profile of the "Literate" Community -- Chapter 2. Texts: Imported, Produced, Viewed -- Traditional Stocks: The Augury of Change -- Impact of the Neighborhood -- Local Production -- Texts in the Public Domain -- Chapter 3. Texts Accessed and Afforded -- Conduits of Dissemination -- Buying One's Own Book -- Accessing without Buying: Libraries, Clubs, Reading Rooms -- Accessing without Buying: Open Public Places -- Chapter 4. Individual Reading -- Individual Reading: Past Legacy -- Mutala'ah in Twentieth-Century Palestine: The Comfort of Home -- Private Reading in Public -- Chapter 5. Collective Reading -- The Old, Familiar Conduits -- Vocal Reading: Bridging across Illiteracy -- Vocal Reading: The Extra Benefit of the Collective Experience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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