The Resource The golden thread : the story of writing, Ewan Clayton
The golden thread : the story of writing, Ewan Clayton
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Resource Information
The item The golden thread : the story of writing, Ewan Clayton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and animals in ancient Egypt, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century computer user, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Ewan Clayton marks each step in the historical development of writing, and explores the social and cultural impact of every stage: the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the papyrus scroll with the codex in the late Roman period; the perfecting of printing using movable type in the fifteenth century and the ensuing spread of literacy; the industrialization of printing during the Industrial Revolution; the impact of artistic Modernism on the written word in the early twentieth century, and of the digital switchover at the century's close
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 407 pages
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Atlantic Books"--Title-page verso
- Contents
-
- Roman foundations
- The convenience of the codex
- Speaking through the senses
- The New World : script and print
- Turning the page : Reformation and renewal
- Handwriting returns
- Putting the world of the written word in order
- The coming of industry
- The Industrial Age
- Revolutions-- in art and print
- Alternative dreams
- The material artefact
- Isbn
- 9781619022423
- Label
- The golden thread : the story of writing
- Title
- The golden thread
- Title remainder
- the story of writing
- Statement of responsibility
- Ewan Clayton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and animals in ancient Egypt, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century computer user, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Ewan Clayton marks each step in the historical development of writing, and explores the social and cultural impact of every stage: the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the papyrus scroll with the codex in the late Roman period; the perfecting of printing using movable type in the fifteenth century and the ensuing spread of literacy; the industrialization of printing during the Industrial Revolution; the impact of artistic Modernism on the written word in the early twentieth century, and of the digital switchover at the century's close
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clayton, Ewan
- Dewey number
- 302.224409
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P211
- LC item number
- .C597 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Writing
- Writing
- Written communication
- Written communication
- Writing materials and instruments
- Literacy
- Label
- The golden thread : the story of writing, Ewan Clayton
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Atlantic Books"--Title-page verso
- Bar code
-
- 31223104002341
- 31223104002358
- 31223104002333
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Roman foundations -- The convenience of the codex -- Speaking through the senses -- The New World : script and print -- Turning the page : Reformation and renewal -- Handwriting returns -- Putting the world of the written word in order -- The coming of industry -- The Industrial Age -- Revolutions-- in art and print -- Alternative dreams -- The material artefact
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 407 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619022423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 936057089
- (OCoLC)852223508
- Label
- The golden thread : the story of writing, Ewan Clayton
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Atlantic Books"--Title-page verso
- Bar code
-
- 31223104002341
- 31223104002358
- 31223104002333
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Roman foundations -- The convenience of the codex -- Speaking through the senses -- The New World : script and print -- Turning the page : Reformation and renewal -- Handwriting returns -- Putting the world of the written word in order -- The coming of industry -- The Industrial Age -- Revolutions-- in art and print -- Alternative dreams -- The material artefact
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 407 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619022423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 936057089
- (OCoLC)852223508
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