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Dec 14, 2021 15 min

Reading in Early America

from MakingHistory Hosted by Dan Allosso

The discussion of the Enlightenment in the early chapters of Graeber and Wengrow's book reminded me of a book I read in grad school about the wide reading habits of early US citizens, called Reading Becomes a Necessity of Life. Here's my summary of the book.

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