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Writing C Hardback - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Barry B. Powell
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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization offers a coherent system of terms and categories for the study of the complex phenomena in the world's writing systems.
Tracing the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond, the book examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the relations of these systems to Egyptian and Chinese writing, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing.
With examples from contemporary and historical writing systems, and many illustrations, Writing shows how the structures of writing served and do serve certain social needs and in turn create deep patterns of social behavior.
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- Title Writing C
- Author Barry B. Powell
- Binding Hardback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication date 2009-04-20
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781405162562 / 1405162562
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.44 x 0.81 in (23.52 x 16.36 x 2.06 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress subjects Writing - History, Alphabet - History
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008046991
- Dewey Decimal Code 411.09
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- Choice, 12/01/2009, Page 0
- Science, 04/03/2009, Page 38
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