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Author Ayalon, Ami, 1945-

Title Reading Palestine : printing and literacy, 1900-1948 / Ami Ayalon
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004
2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Literacy and education -- Texts : imported, produced, viewed -- Texts accessed and afforded -- Individual reading -- Collective reading -- Conclusion
Summary Prior to the twentieth century, Arab society in Palestine was predominantly illiterate, with most social and political activities conducted through oral communication. There were no printing presses, no book or periodical production, and no written signs in public places. But a groundswell of change rapidly raised the region's literacy rates, a fascinating transformation explored for the first time in Reading Palestine. Addressing an exciting aspect of Middle Eastern history as well as the power of the printed word itself, Reading Palestine describes how this hurried process intensified the role of literacy in every sphere of community life. Ami Ayalon examines Palestine's development of a modern educational system in conjunction with the emergence of a print industry, libraries and reading clubs, and the impact of print media on urban and rural populations. Drawn from extensive archival sources, official reports, autobiographies, and a rich trove of early Palestinian journalism, Reading Palestine provides crucial insight into the dynamic rise of literacy that revolutionized the way Palestinians navigated turbulent political waters
Bibliography Includes chapter notes (pages 161-184), bibliographical references (pages 185-200), and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Reading -- Palestine -- 20th century
Literacy -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Literacy
Reading
Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
Middle East -- Palestine
Palästina
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004005733
ISBN 9780292705791
0292705794
9780292705937
029270593X
0292797362
9780292797369
Other Titles Printing and literacy, 1900-1948