Table of contents for The writing on the wall : how Asian orthography curbs creativity / William C. Hannas.

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Introduction   1
1. Japan's Creative Imitations  8
2. Sources of Chinese Innovation  34
3. Korean Technology Transfer  61
4. Asia's Creativity Problem  88
5. The Anatomy of Creativity  113
6. Creativity and the Alphabet  139
7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition  168
8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing  194
9. The Impact of Language on Creativity  219
10. Chinese Characters and Creativity  244
11. Creativity and East Asian Society  263
12. Conclusion  284