The story of writing. By Andrew Robinson. London & New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Pp. 224. $29.95.

Abstract

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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