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001 2008014284
003 DLC
005 20090901092149.0
008 080327s2009 enkabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008014284
020 $a1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)217263635
050 00 $aP211$b.G58 2009
082 00 $a411.09$222
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn217263635
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBWK$dC#P$dCDX$dIXA$dYDXCP$dDLC
100 1 $aGnanadesikan, Amalia E.
245 14 $aThe writing revolution :$bcuneiform to the Internet /$cAmalia E. Gnanadesikan.
260 $aChichester, U.K. ;$aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2009.
300 $axii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aThe language library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.
650 0 $aAlphabet$xHistory.
830 0 $aLanguage library.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008014284.html