World's Writing Syst C

by Peter T. Daniels

Book Overview

Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern Chinese, from Old Persian to modern Cherokee, this is the only available work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present. Describing scores of scripts in use now or in the past
around the world, this unusually comprehensive reference offers a detailed exploration of the history and typology of writing systems. More than eighty articles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195079930
• ISBN13: 9780195079937
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 968 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.8" x 9.5"