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001 2008014284
003 DLC
005 20080331101320.0
008 080327s2009 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008014284
020 $a9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aP211$b.G58 2009
082 00 $a411.09$222
100 1 $aGnanadesikan, Amalia E.
245 14 $aThe writing revolution :$bfrom cuneiform to the internet /$cby Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
260 $aMalden, MA, USA ;$aOxford, UK :$bBlackwell,$c2009.
263 $a0812
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe language library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.
650 0 $aAlphabet$xHistory.