Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.

1. Growth

2. The Origins of Modern English Education

3. Culture of the Feelings? Literacy And Education in the Industrial Revolution

4. Romantic Developmentalism: The Colonial Genealogy of The Newbolt Report

5. The Genealogy and Legacy Of 'Cambridge English'

6. Ancestral Voices: The Dartmouth Debates

7. The Genealogy of the "London School"

8. Literacy, Politics and Culture in the Late 20th Century

9. What Every English Student Should Know? The Genealogy of 'Cultural Literacy'

10. Literacy and Growth - Into the Future

John Hodgson is Editor of English in Education. He taught English in secondary schools and Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England, UK.

Ann Harris is Professor Emerita of International Education at the University of Huddersfield, UK. She was formerly Head of English and Media in a large sixth form college.