Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization - Couverture rigide

Powell, Barry B.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405162562 ISBN 13 : 9781405162562

Editeur : *Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.

• Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing
  
• Includes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writing
  
• Shows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior
  
• Clarifies the argument with many illustrations

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on ancient Greek literature and the history of writing. His books include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A New Companion to Homer (editor, with Ian Morris) (1997), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2001), and two editions of Homer (second edition, Blackwell, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405162562
• ISBN 13: 9781405162562
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
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