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The Triumph of the Alphabet: A History of Writing
By A. C. Moorhouse
252 pages
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- Publisher:
- Henry Schuman
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication year:
- 1953
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Acknowledgments vi
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- Part I - The Form of Writing 1
- I - The Development of Writing 3
- II - The Work of Decipherment 28
- III - Pre-Alphabetic Scripts: Part I 46
- IV - Pre-Alphabetic Scripts: Part II 70
- V - The Semitic Alphabet and Its Orgin 94
- VI - The Extension of the Alphabet 126
- Part II - The Use of Writing 157
- VII - The Functioning of Writing 159
- VIII - The Historical Influence of Writing 178
- IX - Writing and the Spread of Literacy 199
- Title Page iii
- Acknowledgments vi
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- Part I - The Form of Writing 1
- I - The Development of Writing 3
- II - The Work of Decipherment 28
- III - Pre-Alphabetic Scripts: Part I 46
- IV - Pre-Alphabetic Scripts: Part II 70
- V - The Semitic Alphabet and Its Orgin 94
- VI - The Extension of the Alphabet 126
- Part II - The Use of Writing 157
- VII - The Functioning of Writing 159
- VIII - The Historical Influence of Writing 178
- IX - Writing and the Spread of Literacy 199
- Bibliography - A Selected List of Works in English 216
- Index 221