ABC: Alphabetization of the Popular Mind

Barry Sanders; Ivan Illich

ISBN 10: 0679721924 / ISBN 13: 9780679721925

Published by Vintage, 1989

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A very clean and straight copy. Clean text and an uncreased spine. 187 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ABC: Alphabetization of the Popular Mind
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679721924
• ISBN 13: 9780679721925
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Clean & Unmarked
• Weight: 7 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology

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Synopsis

An intense examination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture--language is becoming part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control, rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.

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xamination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture--language is becoming part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control, rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.