The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan.
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TextSeries: Language libraryPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444304671; 1444304674Subject(s): Writing -- History | Alphabet -- History | Alphabet | WritingGenre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Writing revolution.DDC classification: 411.09 LOC classification: P211 | .G58 2009ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Mysore University Main Library | Not for loan | EBJW714 |
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.
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