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*1001 $aSassoon, Rosemary
*24510$aHandwriting of the twentieth century  /$cRosemary Sassoon
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*653  $aVälskrivning
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*8520 $cGRAFISK DESIGN - Afc
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This fascinating and wide-ranging book charts developments in the teaching and study of handwriting over the course of the twentieth century.
The book shows how changing educational policies, economic forces and inevitable technological advance have combined to alter the priorities and form of handwriting. This 'long and sometimes sorry story' tells also of the sheer pain and hard work of children forced to follow the style of the day, and of the reformers who have sought to simplify the teaching and learning of handwriting over the years. Illustrated throughout with examples from copybooks and personal handwriting from across the world, the book is a compelling historical record of techniques, styles and methods.

• The influences on contemporary handwriting: An historical perspective
• The turn of the century
• Learning from copy books
• Simplifying letterforms
• Initiatives and models from 1930
• Educational attitudes mid-century
• Stylistic issues after 1950
• Initiatives in the 1960s
• From 1970 to the National Curriculum
• The end of the century
• Handwriting around Europe
• America and Australia