Both a historical recovery and a critical rethinking of the functions and practices of textbooks, Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States argues for an alternative understanding of our rhetorical traditions. The authors describe how the pervasive influence of nineteenth-century literacy textbooks demonstrate the early emergence of substantive instruction in reading and writing. Tracing the histories of widespread educational practices, the authors treat the textbooks as an important means of cultural formation that restores a sense of their distinguished and unique contributions.
 At the beginning of the nineteenth century, few people in the United States had access to significant school education or to the materials of instruction. By centuryâ€™s end, education was a mass—though not universal—experience, and literacy textbooks were ubiquitous artifacts, used both in home and in school by a growing number of learners from diverse backgrounds. Many of the books have been forgotten, their contributions slighted or dismissed, or they are remembered through a haze of nostalgia as tokens of an idyllic form of schooling. Archives of Instruction suggests strategies for re-reading the texts and details the watersheds in the genre, providing a new perspective on the material conditions of schooling, book publication, and emerging practices of literacy instruction. The volume includes a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary works related to literacy instruction at all levels of education in the United States during the nineteenth century.

Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)

Carr, Stephen L.

Carr, Jean Ferguson

Schultz PhD, Professor Lucille M

History

Southern Illinois University Press

Ghost towns: the shadowy remains of a town’s former life and activity; its houses, schools, and churches left behind, to dry and crumble in the arid winds of Utah. Carr presents more than 150 such sites across the state―towns formed around mines, railroads and agriculture―but nevertheless there remains a nagging suspicion that there are still ancient, forgotten villages lurking in the hills. Distributed for Western Epics Publishing.

The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns

Americas

Western Epics

History of abandoned railroads and branch lines in Utah plus interurbans, streetcars and tramways. The book is divided into six sections, each covering an area of the state, with the lines in each county described in detail. There are dozens of lines described, with explanations of how they came into existence, their history and why they were abandoned. It's fascinating to see how many Union Pacific and Central Pacific branch lines once existed. Illustrated throughout with vintage black and white photos showing the lines in action and, often, what remains now. With several maps. An invaluable reference work for anyone interested in Utah or railroad history. 208 pages with index.

Utah Ghost Rails

Edwards, Robert W

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