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19th-Century Americans Demonstrated Mass Literacy Through Ubiquitous Reading, Contrasting British Class-Bound Habits
In 1862, Anthony Trollope observed Americans' voracious reading culture, with books and magazines sold dynamically on trains and newspapers consumed at rates of three per day on average. Literacy permeated all social classes, from laborers and servants to coachmen and children, enabling widespread p…