The Story of Writing (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
232
Utgivningsdatum
2007-04-01
Upplaga
New Edition
Förlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustratör/Fotograf
50 in colour With over 355 illustrations With over 355 illustrations 50 in colour
Illustrationer
with over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour
Dimensioner
254 x 190 x 15 mm
Vikt
760 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780500286609

The Story of Writing

Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms

av Andrew Robinson
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2007-04-01
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Writing is one of humanitys greatest inventions.Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated text, Andrew Robinson discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. An invaluable guide to the worlds major writing systems, The Story of Writing is a book to read for both pleasure and enlightenment.
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'The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world' - History Today 'Excellent Robinson covers so much ground in such short order that you feel he must have got something wrong or left out something important. He hasnt' - Bookdealer 'Delightful to read difficult to put down once started' - Communication Arts

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Andrew Robinson is the author of twenty-five books in the arts and sciences, nine of them on aspects of Indian history and culture. They include two definitive biographies: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye, described by V. S. Naipaul as an extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book, and the coauthored Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man. He holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, has been a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and is currently a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Innehållsförteckning

I. How Writing Works 1. Reading the Rosetta Stone 2. Sound, Symbol and Script 3. Proto-Writing II. Extinct Writing 4. Cuneiform 5. Egyptian Hieroglyphs 6. Linear B 7. Mayan Glyphs 8. Undeciphered Scripts III. Living Writing 9. The First Alphabet 10. New Alphabets from Old 11. Chinese Writing 12. Japanese Writing 13. From Hieroglyphs to Alphabets and Back? Postscript in the New Millennium

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