عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
P211 .J646 2006
P211
.
J646
2006
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0471211699
(Number (ISBN
9780471211693
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b604541
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Alpha Beta :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World.
First Statement of Responsibility
John Man
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
John Wiley & Sons
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(1 page)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Praise for Alpha Beta. "This book comes at the perfect moment as we rediscover the importance in early reading of cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to tell it." Times Educational Supplement. "A richly absorbing exploration, from B.C. to PCs, of the evolution of the most fundamental characters of our cultural history, the alphabet we so much take for granted. John Man writes with a compellingly restless curiosity and immediacy. The ever surprising, exotically detailed narrative in his informa.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Language and languages.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
P211
Book number
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J646
2006
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
John Man
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
John Man
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
