Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular speech
- 2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere
- 3 Written and unwritten language
- 4 Literacy and inequality
- 5 The society of letters
- 6 Writing reform
- 7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular speech
- 2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere
- 3 Written and unwritten language
- 4 Literacy and inequality
- 5 The society of letters
- 6 Writing reform
- 7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Writing and SocietyAn Introduction, pp. 152 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013