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Ancient literacy

William V. Harris 1989 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Series
  • ACLS Fellows’ Publications
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674038370 (ebook)
  • 9780674033801 (hardcover)
  • 9780674033818 (paper)
Subject
  • European: Ancient to 400 C.E.
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Abbreviations (page xiii)
  • 1 Introduction (page 1)
  • 1 Levels of Greek and Roman Literacy (page 3)
  • 2 The Functions of LIteracy in the Graeco-Roman World (page 25)
  • 2 The Literacy and Illiteracy of the Greeks (page 43)
  • 3 The Spread of Literacy in Archaic Times (page 45)
  • 4 The Classical Growth of LIteracy and its Limits (page 65)
  • 5 The Hellenistic State and Elementary Education (page 115)
  • 3 Literacy and Illiteracy in the Roman World (page 147)
  • 6 Archaic Italy and the Middle Republic (page 149)
  • 7 The Late Republic and the High Empire (page p175)
  • 8 Literacy in Late Antiqity (page p285)
  • Conclusion (page 323)
  • Bibliography (page 339)
  • Index (page 371)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JRS 81 (1991): 182-183 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4358%281991%2981%3C182%3AAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
RP 52.3 (Summer 1990): 466-469 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6705%28199022%2952%3A3%3C466%3ALASCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O
EHR 108.427 (April 1993): 429-430 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28199304%29108%3A427%3C429%3AAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8
JHS 111 (1990): 240-241 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269%281991%29111%3C240%3AAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
HEQ 31.2 (Summer 1991): 276-277 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2680%28199122%2931%3A2%3C276%3AAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S
CR 41.1 (1991): 168-169 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0009-840X%281991%292%3A41%3A1%3C168%3ASWALR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
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