Approaches to the History of Written Culture: A World Inscribed (New Directions in Book History)

by Martyn Lyons (Editor), Martyn Lyons (Editor), Rita Marquilhas (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2017

  $165.16

  This book investigates the history of writing as a cultural practice in a variety of contexts and periods. From the inscribed images of `pre-literate' societies, to the democratization of writing in the modern era, access to writing technology and its public and private uses are examined.