The golden thread : the story of writing
Clayton, Ewan2015
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This title provides a history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political progress. From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and animals in ancient Egypt, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century computer user, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself.
Main title:
The golden thread : the story of writing / Ewan Clayton.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2015.
Collation:
407 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848873636 (pbk)
Dewey class:
302.224409302.224409
Local class:
302.224409
Language:
English
BRN:
811172
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