Screen LibraryThe writing revolution：cuneiform to the Internet
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, U.K. Malden, MA |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The language library |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | H0 |
| CLC: | H0-09 |
| Call Number: | H0-09/G571 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index. 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 3,400 years -- The empire of Sanskrit -- King Sejong's one-man renaissance -- Greek serendipity -- The age of Latin -- The alphabet meets the machine. |