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The writing revolution

by Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: The language library Published by : Wiley-Blackwell, (Chichester, U.K. ; | Malden, MA :) Physical details: xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.
Subject(s): Writing -- History. | Alphabet -- History. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index.

The first IT revolution -- Cuneiform: forgotten legacy of a forgotten people -- Egyptian hieroglyphs and the quest for eternity -- Chinese: a love of paperwork -- Maya glyphs: calendars of kings -- Linear B: the clerks of Agamemnon -- Japanese: three scripts are better than one -- Cherokee: Sequoyah reverse-engineers -- The Semitic alphabet: Egypt to Manchuria in 3,400 years -- The empire of Sanskrit -- King Sejong's one-man renaissance -- Greek serendipity -- The age of Latin -- The alphabet meets the machine.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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