{"product_id":"national-letters","title":"National Letters: Languages and Scripts as Nation-building Tools","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational Letters is the first book published by Letter Books. National Letters travels through the episodes of the past in which letters, languages, and scripts played an important role in creating nation states and national identities. Through four case studies (Turkey, Israel, Georgia, Ethiopia), the main body of the book explores four languages and nations which were each, against all odds and for various reasons, able to develop and maintain their writing system throughout their entire history, up to the founding of their nation state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited and Designed by Marek Nedelka\u003cbr\u003eContributions and texts by Rusudan Amirejibi–Mullen, Ivo T. Budil, Birol Caymaz, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Marek Nedelka, William Safran, Emmanuel Szurek\u003cbr\u003ePostcard letterings by Jan Horčík, Seb McLauchlan, Anežka Minaříková, Jan Novák\u003cbr\u003eCo-Published with UMPRUM (Academy of Arts, Architecture \u0026amp; Design in Prague)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 110 × 180 mm\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2020\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Marek Nedelka\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Letter Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39486452662357,"sku":"LBNL470","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0491\/5749\/products\/1_ceecfbb3-27d5-47fc-92f4-d0589768f793.jpg?v=1627921417","url":"https:\/\/www.northeastshop.com\/en\/products\/national-letters","provider":"North East","version":"1.0","type":"link"}