World literacy : (Record no. 2148)
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| fixed length control field | 200107s2016 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781138909564 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 302.2244 |
| Item number | M61 |
| 083 ## - ADDITIONAL DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 302.2244 M61 |
| 099 ## - LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 2148 |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | John W. Miller |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4524 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | World literacy : |
| Remainder of title | how countries rank and why it matters. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Routledge, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 220 |
| 520 ## - ABSTRACT, SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract, Summary, etc. | International literacy assessments have provided ample data for ranking nations, charting growth, and casting blame. Summarizing the findings of these assessments, which afford a useful vantage from which to view world literacy as it evolves, this book examines literate behavior worldwide, in terms of both the ability of populations from a wide variety of nations to read and the practice of literate behavior in those nations. Drawing on The World's Most Literate Nations, author Jack Miller's internationally released study, emerging trends in world literacy and their relationships to political, economic, and social factors are explored. Literacy, and in particular the practice of literate behaviors, is used as a lens through which to view countries' economic development, gender equality, resource utilization, and ethnic discrimination. Above all, this book is about trajectories. It begins with historical contexts, described in terms of support for literate cultures. Based on a variety of data sources, these trends are traced to the present and then projected ahead. The literate futures of nations are discussed and how these relate to their economic and sociocultural development. This book is unique in providing a broader perspective on an intractable problem, a vantage point that offers useful insights to inform policy, and in bringing together an array of relevant data sources not typically associated with literacy status |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Literacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4525 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Reading. |
| 700 0# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Michael C. McKenna |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4526 |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Foundation University Library | Foundation University Library | Circulation | 12/17/2019 | 302.2244 M61 | 61742 | 02/23/2022 | 02/23/2022 | Books |