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Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.

The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan. - 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. - The language library . - Language library. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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: 9781444304671 1444304674

Standard No.: 10.1002/9781444304671 doi

Source: 10.1002/9781444304671 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com

LCCN:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Writing--History.
Alphabet--History.
Alphabet.
Writing.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: P211 / .G58 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 411.09