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Long, Huey B. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1980
The literacy rate in early America may have been fairly high. Three factors seem to have influenced the development of a literate population: (1) skill requirements of expanding business ventures; (2) masters' responsibility for apprentices' education; and (3) the proliferation of private venture teachers. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Business Skills, Colonial History (United States)
