Writing Revolution (Hardcover, New)

In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be 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" picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world.Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literature, and science, to instruction manuals and love lettersDraws on an engaging range of examples, from the first cuneiform clay tablet, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Japanese syllabaries, to the printing press and the text messagingWeaves together ideas from a number of fields, including history, cultural studies and archaeology, as well as linguistics and literature, to create an interdisciplinary volumeTraces the origins of each of the world's major written traditions, along with their applications, adaptations, and cultural influences

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	A Gnanadesikan
Dimensions:	238 x 163 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4051-5406-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography
LSN:	1-4051-5406-3
Barcode:	9781405154062

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