The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet /

The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.

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Year of Publication:2009
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Physical Description:xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), maps.
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The writing revolution [electronic resource] : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.
The language library
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Writing History.
Alphabet History.
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The writing revolution cuneiform to the Internet /
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