Writing and script : a very short introduction - ROBINSON, Andrew, 1957- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009)
Writing and its emergence -- Development and diffusion of wrtiting -- Disappearance of scripts -- Decipherment and undeciphered scripts -- How writing systems work -- Alphabets -- Chinese and Japanese writing -- Scribes and materials -- Writing goes electronic.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Writing -- History; Symbolism in communication -- History