Literacy and Power in the Ancient World

This collection attempts to set the study of literacy in the ancient world in the wider contexts of the debates among anthropologists over the impact of writing on society. Was writing a revolutionary innovation or fundamentally repressive?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521587360
• ISBN13: 9780521587365
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"