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Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.

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The writing revolution : = cuneiform to the Internet /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The writing revolution :/ Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
Reminder of title:	cuneiform to the Internet /
Author:	Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.
Published:	Chichester, U.K. ;Wiley-Blackwell, : 2009.,
Description:	xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), maps ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Subject:	Writing - History. -
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008014284.html
ISBN:	1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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

The writing revolution :cuneiform to the Internet /Amalia E. Gnanadesikan. - Chichester, U.K. ;Wiley-Blackwell,2009. - xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), maps ;24 cm. - The language library. - 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.

ISBN: 1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008014284Subjects--Topical Terms:

609701
Writing
--History.

LC Class. No.: P211 / .G58 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 411.09

The writing revolution : = cuneiform to the Internet /
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