European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction. Joshua A. FishmanPaperback, 28 June 2010

In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social and economic changes that attended it. The book looks at how European colonizers viewed vernacular literacy efforts in their current and former colonies, and how technology affects vernacular literacy both now and in the future.