The World on Paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521575584)

What role has writing played in the development of our modern understanding of language, nature and ourselves? Drawing on recent advances in history, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, the author offers a bold new perspective on how writing and reading have historically and developmentally altered our understanding of language, mind and nature. These understandings, Olson argues, are by-products of living in a "world on paper."

Author: David R. Olson
ISBN-10: 0521575583
ISBN-13: 9780521575584
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/1996
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.93h x 5.95w x 0.75d