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- catalog contributor b305069.
- catalog created "c1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "c1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1984.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [211]-213.".
- catalog description "I. Origin and development of writing -- What is writing and who needs it? -- Idea transmission -- Language and writing -- The process of writing -- II. The main groups: Their characteristics, history and development -- Writing in the fertile crescent -- Ancient Mediterranean scripts -- Pre-Columbian American scripts -- Writing in the Far East -- Semitic scripts -- Indian and Southeast Asian scripts -- The Greek cycle and the European situation -- Invented scripts -- III. Decipherment -- The scholars and their work -- Undeciphered scripts -- IV. Social attitudes to writing and literacy -- The position of the scribe in society -- Writing and aesthetics -- Politics, religion and writing -- Writing for special groups -- V. Moves towards the future -- Mechanization and printing -- Industrialization and new technology.".
- catalog extent "224 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "History of writing.".
- catalog identifier "0712300287".
- catalog isFormatOf "History of writing.".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "c1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : British Library,".
- catalog relation "History of writing.".
- catalog subject "P211".
- catalog subject "Writing History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Origin and development of writing -- What is writing and who needs it? -- Idea transmission -- Language and writing -- The process of writing -- II. The main groups: Their characteristics, history and development -- Writing in the fertile crescent -- Ancient Mediterranean scripts -- Pre-Columbian American scripts -- Writing in the Far East -- Semitic scripts -- Indian and Southeast Asian scripts -- The Greek cycle and the European situation -- Invented scripts -- III. Decipherment -- The scholars and their work -- Undeciphered scripts -- IV. Social attitudes to writing and literacy -- The position of the scribe in society -- Writing and aesthetics -- Politics, religion and writing -- Writing for special groups -- V. Moves towards the future -- Mechanization and printing -- Industrialization and new technology.".
- catalog title "A history of writing / Albertine Gaur.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".