Handwriting in America : a cultural history / Tamara Plakins Thornton.
Copybooks and the Palmer method, handwriting analysis and autograph collecting - these words conjure up a lost world, in which people looked to handwriting as both a lesson in conformity and a talisman of individuality. In this engaging history, ranging from colonial times to the present, Tamara Pla...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©1996.
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| Summary: | Copybooks and the Palmer method, handwriting analysis and autograph collecting - these words conjure up a lost world, in which people looked to handwriting as both a lesson in conformity and a talisman of individuality. In this engaging history, ranging from colonial times to the present, Tamara Plakins Thornton explores the shifting functions and meanings of handwriting in America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages : illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-232) and index. |