01996nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10298100 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080327s2009 enkabf sb 001 0 eng 2008014284 1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647769406 P211 .G58 2009eb 411.09 22 Gnanadesikan, Amalia E. The writing revolution [electronic resource] : cuneiform to the Internet / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. The language library Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Writing History. Alphabet History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Language library. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10298100 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 64843 64843