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A history of writing
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- Creator
- Albertine Gaur
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Revised Edition
- New York : Cross River Press, a Division of Abbeville Press, [1992]
- ©1992
- Physical Details
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- 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 1558593586, 9781558593589
- OCLC
- ocm25093332
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.
- 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 toward the future. Mechanization and printing ; Industrialization and new technology