Writing Signs

Writing Signs
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9780520208025
ISBN-13 : 0520208021
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Book Synopsis Writing Signs by : Irene A. Bierman

Download or read book Writing Signs written by Irene A. Bierman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-12-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bierman considers how the Fatimid rulers used public writing to present their own ideology to different members of society in Cairo in the 10th to 12th centuries and the ways in which it was received.


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