Description
Summary:Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, the author, a leading papyrologist, argues that ordinary people - from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan - used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized previously.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index.
ISBN:9780520948525
0520948521
1283277697
9781283277693
9786613277695
661327769X