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ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind

Contributor(s): Illich, Ivan (Author), Sanders, Barry (Author)

ISBN: 9780714528915

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers

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Pub Date: December 31, 1988

Dewey: 302

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 176 pages

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Description: 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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