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Part 1 Historians and literacy: studying the history of literacy; thehistory of readers. Part 2 American's reading abilities: literacy and readingperformance in the United States from 1880 to the present; the great scoredecline - a closer look. Part 3 American's reading activities: literacy as aconsumer activity; surveying American readers; highbrow and middlebrowmagazines in 1920. Part 4 Literacy and diversity in American history:autobiographies and the history of reading - the meaning of literacy inindividuals' lives; gender advertizing and mass circulation magazines;standardization and diversity in American print culture.