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Michael Pennell. "If Knowledge Is Power, You're About to Become Very Powerful": Literacy and Labor Market Intermediaries in Postindustrial America.

Pennell, Michael. "'If Knowledge Is Power, You're About to Become Very Powerful': Literacy and Labor Market Intermediaries in Postindustrial America." CCC 58.3 (2007): 345-384.

Abstract

This article explores the connections between literacy, economy, and place through an examination of labor market intermediaries (LMIs). In particular, the article addresses the shifting role of LMIs over the past thirty years in Lake County, Indiana, and how they have developed as literacy sponsors.

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