Writing - Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

by Barry B. Powell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118255321
• ISBN13: 9781118255322
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"