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America's Most Literate Cities (AMLC)
URL: http://web.ccsu.edu/amlc08/

Description:
This study ranks the largest ten U.S. cities with populations of 250,000 and above. The six key indicators of literacy are "newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources." The study was published by Dr. John W. Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), in collaboration with the Center for Public Policy and Social Research at CCSU.

Author:
Miller, John

Publisher:
Central Connecticut State University

Extra Keywords
Minneapolis Seattle Washington, DC St. Paul San Francisco Atlanta Denver Boston St. Louis Cincinnati Portland, OR

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Books and reading
Cities and towns -- Ratings -- United States
Literacy

LII Database Information:
Record 14081 created by Wendy Hyman on 09/04/2003
Last modification on 09/30/2009
Published: 09/04/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14081