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010			_z 2008014284
020			_z1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_z9781405154079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(CaPaEBR)ebr10298100
035			_a(OCoLC)647769406
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050	1	4	_aP211 _b.G58 2009eb
082	0	4	_a411.09 _222
100	1		_aGnanadesikan, Amalia E.
245	1	4	_aThe writing revolution _h[electronic resource] : _bcuneiform to the Internet / _cAmalia E. Gnanadesikan.
260			_aChichester, U.K. ; _aMalden, MA : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2009.
300			_axii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps.
490	1		_aThe language library
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index.
505	0		_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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aWriting _xHistory.
650		0	_aAlphabet _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
830		0	_aLanguage library.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10298100 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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