National Literacy Campaigns and Movements

Major campaigns to raise levels of literacy have taken place for centuries and share many common elements

Jose Carlos Chiaramonte

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Chapter Introduction, Chapter 2 Literacy Drives in Preindustrial Germany, Chapter 3 The Literacy Campaign in Scotland, 1560-1803, Chapter 4 Literacy Campaigns in Sweden, Chapter 5 The Anatomy of Mass Literacy in Nineteenth-Century United States, Chapter 6 Russian Literacy Campaigns, 1861-1939, Chapter 7 Literacy Movements in Modern China, Chapter 8 The 1961 National Cuban Literacy Campaign, Chapter 9 The Experimental World Literacy Program: A Unique International Effort Revisited, Chapter 10 Tanzania's Literacy Campaign in Historical-Structural Perspective, Chapter 11 Adult Literacy for Development in India: An Analysis of Policy and Performance, Chapter 12 The 1980 Nicaraguan National Literacy Crusade, Chapter 13 Adult Literacy Policy in Industrialized Countries, Index