[lbo-talk] literacy

[Michael Perelman]

Yes and no.  There was a greater number of highly literate, active workers
then -- at least proportionately.  In England, workers would bad together
to jointly buy copies of Capital.  The cigar makers had people read to
them while they worked.

At the same time, public education was limited.  Large numbers of
immigrants were in the labor force.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 02:13:48PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> After we were on a panel together at CUNY a couple of weeks ago, 
> Giovanni Arrighi told me that U.S. workers were more literate a 
> century ago than today. I found that very hard to believe, but I 
> didn't have the facts to make the argument. Does anyone here know 
> about this?
> 
> Doug
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
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