Signs of Civilisation
How punctuation changed history
$33.09
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2020
Summary
‘Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western Civilisation. Nothing less.’
With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act only performed by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private, activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution - in which punctuation played a cr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529326710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529326710 |
| Author: | Bård Borch Michalsen |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Bård Borch Michalsen
Bard Borch Michalsen (born 1958) is a qualified media expert and has worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers for most of his life. He is the author of several published books and currently teaches professional communication at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway.
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