The writing revolution

The writing revolution: from cuneiform to the internet

by Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.

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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 me…

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  • Full title :The writing revolution : from cuneiform to the internet / by Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.

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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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Malden, MA, USA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:XII, 310 Seiten : : Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781405154062, 1405154063, 9781405154079, 1405154071
  • oclc:ocn316272943
  • LC Classification:P211
  • Dewey Decimal:411.09

Subjects

Alphabet Alphabet -- Histoire Alphabet -- History Écriture -- Histoire History Writing Writing -- history

Writers

Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.

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