The development of literacy in Bristol and Gloucestershire, 1755-1870
The dissertation explores in detail the factors which operated to provide elementary education in Bristol 1800-1870 and analyses the effects of religious and political differences. It measures the growth of literacy by signature data in Bristol generally and SS. Philip and Jacob in particular, the latter being taken as a paradigm of a large urban parish. A significant correlation between the findings of a statistical survey of 1838 and signature data extracted from marriage records for this parish has been demonstrated. The study of Gloucestershire concentrates on analysis of signature data to give a profile of a rural county from 1755-1865. This includes comparison of female and male literacy, analysis of literacy by occupation and in relation to occupation of parent, and also the analysis of the occupational and locational distribution of couples making double marks. The study has extensive Gloucestershire prison records to establish correlations between their data and signature data, particularly in relation to the largest occupational groups. Other sources for evidence of literacy are considered, and beliefs relating to the alleged superiority in literacy of certain denominational groups challenged with
Campbell, M. J.
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The development of literacy in Bristol and Gloucestershire, 1755-1870. The dissertation explores in detail the factors which operated to provide elementary education in Bristol 1800-1870 and analyses the effects of religious and political differences. It measures the growth of literacy by signature data in Bristol generally and SS. Philip and Jacob in particular, the latter being taken as a paradigm of a large urban parish. A significant correlation between the findings of a statistical survey of 1838 and signature data extracted from marriage records for this parish has been demonstrated. The study of Gloucestershire concentrates on analysis of signature data to give a profile of a rural county from 1755-1865. This includes comparison of female and male literacy, analysis of literacy by occupation and in relation to occupation of parent, and also the analysis of the occupational and locational distribution of couples making double marks. The study has extensive Gloucestershire prison records to establish correlations between their data and signature data, particularly in relation to the largest occupational groups. Other sources for evidence of literacy are considered, and beliefs relating to the alleged superiority in literacy of certain denominational groups challenged with
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