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Subtitle: how 26 letters shaped the Western world
By: John Man.
Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780760766101
Subjects: Alphabet -- History
Other titles: How 26 letters shaped the Western world.
Notes: "This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc."--T.p. verson.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Of giants and genius; title: The trouble with pictures; title: The bearable burden of syllables; title: Letters in the wilderness; title: The search for the perfect alphabet; title: Into Sinai; title: The land of purple; title: The selfish alphabet; title: The great leap forward; title: Why we don't write Etruscan; title: The limits to growth.