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The Uses of Literacy

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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.

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The Uses of Literacy, Richard Hoggart

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1965
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Language
English
Publisher
Penguin UK
Released
1965
Format
Paperback
Pages
384
ISBN10
0140551522
ISBN13
9780140551525
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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.