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The History and Power of Writing
Henri-Jean Martin
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Paperback. This study is the story of writing from its beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. The author shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 608 pages, 10 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFF; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 45. Weight in Grams: 956.
This study is the story of writing from its very beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. Traversing four millennia, Martin offers a chronicle of writing as a cultural system, a means of communication and a history of technologies. He shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. Using as his centre the role of printing in making the written way of thinking dominant, Martin examines the interactions of individuals and cultures to produce new forms of "writing" in the many senses of authorship, language rendition and script. Martin looks ... Read more
This study is the story of writing from its very beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. Traversing four millennia, Martin offers a chronicle of writing as a cultural system, a means of communication and a history of technologies. He shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. Using as his centre the role of printing in making the written way of thinking dominant, Martin examines the interactions of individuals and cultures to produce new forms of "writing" in the many senses of authorship, language rendition and script. Martin looks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Chicago Press U.S.A.
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226508368
SKU
V9780226508368
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