tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588819.post309677639563872289..comments2023-08-03T07:29:10.339-04:00Comments on Heroes & Criminals Press: reviews: Nilsen and Short HistoryJessica C. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721589093999846684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588819.post-81801436926493502872007-06-12T09:31:00.000-04:002007-06-12T09:31:00.000-04:00And, this is when public education was born in the...And, this is when public education was born in the U.S., er, colonies.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706417155777263242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588819.post-65211577683577890532007-06-11T22:43:00.000-04:002007-06-11T22:43:00.000-04:00ohh, it makes sense... like the images in the stai...ohh, it makes sense... like the images in the stained glass windows of the churches - they were there to explain the biblical stories for the illiterate, common folk.<BR/><BR/>this was something the american colonists were intent on changing in the new world - literacy was so important to the settlers that the literacy rate in new england in the 1600s was something like 90% - including women and children. they wanted everyone to be able to read the bible for themselves, rather than depending on an intermediary to explain it to them.Jessica C. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632438941358040955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588819.post-58622337889775231672007-06-08T16:01:00.000-04:002007-06-08T16:01:00.000-04:00Ah! I just realized those are your hands!! (I re...Ah! I just realized those are your hands!! (I read the type you're setting... no way anybody else is printing that material.)<BR/><BR/>I also recently noticed that Short History is referenced several times in the tome "Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality." At one point in Western history, literacy was a measure of social worth, so the printed word was very important in terms of social hierarchy. (It may also help explain the almost disappeared disdain for comics. Communication through images was heathen!)Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706417155777263242noreply@blogger.com