Synopses & Reviews
The fascinating story of the written word -- from how it all began to the age of the Internet.
The Story of Writing is the compelling story of how writing was invented, how it developed over the centuries, how it has changed people's lives overtime -- and what it means to us now.
The book features sections on: Why people writeHow writing began in different parts of the worldHow climate and available materials affected the forms of writingWho wrote, and why -- with quotations from ancient sourcesThe spread of literacyThe invention of the printing press and its effect on communicationThe emergence of the Internet, e-mail and text messaging.
Valuable sidebars -- Find Out More and You Are There -- encourage the reader to explore new topics and engage the imagination with real-life descriptions of people and how they wrote.
With more than 100 photographs of artifacts and documents from the collection of the British Museum, The Story of Writing is a fascinating history and a remarkable reference.