A history of writing /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cross River Press, a Division of Abbeville Press,
[1992]
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| Edition: | Revised Edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Origin and development of writing : What is writing and who needs it? ; Idea transmission ; Language and writing ; The process of writing
- The main groups: their characteristics, history and development : Writing in the Fertile Crescent ; Ancient Mediterranean scripts ; Pre-Columbian American scripts ; Writing in the far east ; Semitic scripts ; Indian and southeast Asian scripts ; The Greek cycle and the European situation ; Invented scripts
- Decipherment :The scholars and their work ; Undeciphered scripts
- Social attitudes to writing and literacy : The position of the scribe in society ; Writing and aesthetics ; Politics, religion, and writing ;Writing for special groups
- Moves towards the future : Mechanization and printing ; Industrialization and new technology.