Handwriting in America: A Cultural History
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.
- Request Code
- ZLIBIO1441539
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Format
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN-13
- 9780300064773
- ISBN-10
- 0300064772