Both a historical recovery and a critical rethinking of the functions and practices of textbooks, Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers

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This collection brings together the work of archivists, librarians, museum professionals, and other educators who evoke the power of primary sources to teach in

This collection of essays interrogates library practices relating to archives and special collections.

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