MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008032278
003 DLC
005 20101119081229.0
008 080722t20092003nyuab j 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008032278
020 $a9780761443179 (hc)
020 $a0761443177
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn236143193
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dIG#$dBTCTA$dIK2$dLF8$dM4L$dOCLCQ$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hita
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP211$b.R67 2009
082 00 $a411.09$222
100 1 $aRossi, Renzo,$d1940-
245 10 $aHow writing began /$c[text, Renzo Rossi ; translation, Erika Pauli].
260 $aNew York :$bMarshall Cavendish Benchmark,$c2009, c2003.
300 $a31 p. :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aReading & writing
500 $aIncludes index.
546 $aTranslated from the Italian.
505 0 $aThe unwritten word -- First numbers, then words -- Taking count -- Drawing words -- Writing in Sumeria -- A better way to write -- One sign, many meanings -- The job of writing -- Books made of clay -- Writing grows up -- Cuneiform conquers the Near East -- A wedge-shaped alphabet.
520 $aExplores the development of communication from smoke signals to the wedge-shaped alphabet.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aWriting$xHistory.
830 0 $aReading & writing.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008032278.html