000415836 000__ 01951cam\a2200385\a\4500 000415836 001__ 415836 000415836 005__ 20210513144317.0 000415836 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000415836 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000415836 008__ 080327s2009\\\\enkabf\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000415836 010__ $$z 2008014284 000415836 020__ $$z1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper) 000415836 020__ $$z9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper) 000415836 020__ $$z1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000415836 020__ $$z9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000415836 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10298100 000415836 035__ $$a(OCoLC)647769406 000415836 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000415836 05014 $$aP211$$b.G58 2009eb 000415836 08204 $$a411.09$$222 000415836 1001_ $$aGnanadesikan, Amalia E. 000415836 24514 $$aThe writing revolution$$h[electronic resource] :$$bcuneiform to the Internet /$$cAmalia E. Gnanadesikan. 000415836 260__ $$aChichester, U.K. ;$$aMalden, MA :$$bWiley-Blackwell,$$c2009. 000415836 300__ $$axii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill. (some col.), maps ;$$c23 cm. 000415836 4901_ $$aThe language library 000415836 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index. 000415836 5050_ $$aThe 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. 000415836 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000415836 650_0 $$aWriting$$xHistory. 000415836 650_0 $$aAlphabet$$xHistory. 000415836 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000415836 830_0 $$aLanguage library. 000415836 852__ $$bebk 000415836 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10298100$$zOnline Access 000415836 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:415836$$pGLOBAL_SET 000415836 980__ $$aEBOOK 000415836 980__ $$aBIB 000415836 982__ $$aEbook 000415836 983__ $$aOnline