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Name: Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
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Author: Powell, Barry B.
ISBN: 9781405162562

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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Título Writing C
Autor Powell
Encuadernación Tapa dura
Número de edición 1st
Edición 1
Páginas 296
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial John Wiley & Sons
Fecha de publicación 2009-04-20
Ilustrado Sí
Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781405162562 / 1405162562
Peso 1.2 libras (0.54 kg)
Dimensiones 9.26 x 6.44 x 0.81 pulgadas (23.52 x 16.36 x 2.06 cm)
Temas
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Library of Congress subjects Writing - History, Alphabet - History
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2008046991
Dewey Decimal Code 411.09

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Choice, 12/01/2009, Page 0
Science, 04/03/2009, Page 38

Acerca del autor

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on ancient Greek literature and the history of writing. His books include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A New Companion to Homer (editor, with Ian Morris) (1997), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2001), and two editions of Homer (second edition, Blackwell, 2007).

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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

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Hardback. New. "This is an excellent, accessible introduction to writing's origins and development; Powell's jargon-free exposition clarifies many important issues in a way that specialist discussions have rarely achieved to date.