Illiteracy in Virginia: a social problem

dc.contributor.advisorTate, Leland B.en
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, William E.en
dc.contributor.departmentRural Sociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-26T20:54:50Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-26T20:54:50Zen
dc.date.issued1939en
dc.description.abstractAccording to the United States census of 1930, there were 162,588 illiterates in the state of Virginia, This amounts to 8,7 percent of the total population (1,872,838) ten years of age and over. Illiteracy is s social problem in that it involves social situations, it is a product of group life, it affects a substantial number of people, it constitutes a threat to social well being as defined by the mores of our civilzation and in order to deal with it effectively we must have organized and concerted action. The fact that illiteracy is an important problem is unquestionable. Literacy in part and parcel of the world-wide movement toward more highly developed and integrated nations and people. It is certainly in keeping with the development and extension of democratic institutions. A people cannot at the same time he ignorant and free.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent[2], 73 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53797en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28714961en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1939.H675en
dc.subject.lcshLiteracy -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshSocial problemsen
dc.titleIlliteracy in Virginia: a social problemen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineRural Sociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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