The Uses of Literacy

by Richard Hoggart

Published December 1957
""Hoggart has the rare quality of complete intellectual honesty. "The Uses of Literacy "should be read by all those concerned with the nature of modern society.""-Asher Tropp, "American Sociological Review"""This sort of modern Mayhew is worth any amount of statistics as background for cultural evalutions....Required reading for anyone concerned with the modern cultural climate."-Times Literary Supplement"