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An edition of The writing revolution (2009)

The writing revolution

from cuneiform to the internet

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  • 3 Want to read

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Blackwell, Wiley-Interscience, Wiley-Blackwell
Language
English
Pages
336

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History, Alphabet, Writing, Writing, history
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Cover of: Writing Revolution
Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Writing Revolution
Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Writing Revolution
Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
2009, Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
in English
Cover of: Writing Revolution
Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
2009, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: The writing revolution
The writing revolution: from cuneiform to the internet
2009, Blackwell, Wiley-Interscience, Wiley-Blackwell
in English

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Table of Contents

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 3400 years
The empire of Sanskrit
King Sejong's one-man renaissance
Greek serendipity
The age of Latin
The alphabet meets the machine.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Malden, MA, USA, Oxford, UK
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The language library

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411.09
Library of Congress
P211 .G58 2009, P211.G58 2009

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p. cm.
Number of pages
336

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OL16729172M
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9781405154062, 9781405154079
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2008014284
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217263635
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7613991
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6357388

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OL11904154W

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