The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
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Oxford : Blackwell, c2009.
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N411.09/12
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English
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xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
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...
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Oxford : Blackwell, c2009.
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England
Date Published
c2009.
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"In a world of rapid technological advancement, it is easy to forget that writing is the original information technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution describes how this communication tool has conquered the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literatu...
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The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
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The language library.
The language library.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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N411.09/12
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74VMj4GwAVwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMj4GwAVwd
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ISBN
1405154071 (pbk.) :
9781405154062 (hbk.) :
1405154063 (hbk.) :
9781405154079 (pbk.) :
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411.09
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991001231379702626
