Providing a sweeping millennium-plus history of the learned book in the West, John Willinsky puts current debates over intellectual property into context, askin
Questions about access to scholarship have always raged. The great libraries of the past stood as arguments for increasing access. John Willinsky describes the
What is the meaning of a word? Most readers turn to the dictionary for authoritative meanings and correct usage. But what is the source of authority in dictiona
"The barbarian rules by force; the cultivated conqueror teaches." This maxim form the age of empire hints at the usually hidden connections between education an
Originally published in 1990. This book examines the innovative programs that changed the way reading and writing was taught during the previous ten years. Both
