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The Story of Writing

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The fascinating story of the written word -- from how it all began to the age of the Internet.

The Story of Writing is the compelling story of how writing was invented, how it developed over the centuries, how it has changed people's lives overtime -- and what it means to us now.

The book features sections on:

Why people write
How writing began in different parts of the world
How climate and available materials affected the forms of writing
Who wrote, and why -- with quotations from ancient sources
The spread of literacy
The invention of the printing press and its effect on communication
The emergence of the Internet, e-mail and text messaging.

Valuable sidebars -- "Find Out More" and "You Are There" -- encourage the reader to explore new topics and engage the imagination with real-life descriptions of people and how they wrote.

With more than 100 photographs of artifacts and documents from the collection of the British Museum, The Story of Writing is a fascinating history and a remarkable reference.

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400 DON s

Publisher

New York : : firefly books., 2007

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781554073061

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NONE

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Subject(s)

Writing
History of Writing

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