Writing and script a very short introduction / Andrew Robinson.

Author/creator Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesVery short introductions
Contents Writing and its emergence -- Development and diffusion of wrtiting -- Disappearance of scripts -- Decipherment and undeciphered scripts -- How writing systems work -- Alphabets -- Chinese and Japanese writing -- Scribes and materials -- Writing goes electronic.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009464938
ISBN9780199567782 (pbk.)
ISBN0199567786 (pbk.)