Historians, anthropologists, and scholars of communication look at the writing of Europeans who were functionally literate but not literary. Their topics include letters to the Belgian royal family 1880-1940, social transgression and autobiographies at the Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO), and young Greek people's diaries. The 11 papers are from an international conference on European ideas held in Malta during July 2006. They are not indexed. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
