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The Uses of Literacy (Media, Communication, and Culture in America) by Richard Hoggart (1998-02-01)

Richard Hoggart

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When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy, Britain was undergoing huge social change, yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence today.

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1957

The Uses of Literacy (Media, Communication, and Culture in America) by Richard Hoggart (1998-02-01)

Richard Hoggart

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When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy, Britain was undergoing huge social change, yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence today.

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1957

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