James Bruce Fort
Biographic Data
| ID | 4010959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Bruce Fort |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Fort |
| SIGNATURE | FORT J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Politics and culture of literacy in Georgia, 1800-1920
This dissertation examines the uses and meanings of reading in the nineteenth century American South.In a region where social relations were largely defined by slavery and its aftermath, contests over education were tense, unpredictable, and frequently bloody.Literacy figured centrally in many of the region's major struggles: the relationship between slaveowners and slaves, the competing efforts to create and constrain black freedom following ema…
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The Politics and culture of literacy in Georgia, 1800-1920
This dissertation examines the uses and meanings of reading in the nineteenth century American South.In a region where social relations were largely defined by slavery and its aftermath, contests over education were tense, unpredictable, and frequently bloody.Literacy figured centrally in many of the region's major struggles: the relationship between slaveowners and slaves, the competing efforts to create and constrain black freedom following ema…
African-American history (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works) · Emancipation (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Ideology (1 works) · Institution (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Literacy (1 works) · Media, Communication, and Education (1 works) · Piety (1 works)