The golden thread : the story of writing /

The Golden Thread is an enthralling and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political progress. From the simple representative shapes used...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clayton, Ewan
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013.
Subjects:	Writing > History. Writing > Social aspects. Written communication > History. Written communication > Social aspects. Writing materials and instruments. Literacy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1 Roman Foundations; 2 The Convenience of the Codex; 3 Speaking through the Senses; 4 The New World: Script and Print; 5 Turning the Page: Reformation and Renewal; 6 Handwriting Returns; 7 Putting the World of the Written Word in Order; 8 The Coming of Industry; 9 The Industrial Age; 10 Revolutions
in Art and Print; 11 Alternative Dreams; 12 The Material Artefact; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Index; Note on the Author