History of Symbols

History of Symbols is an edited book having a compilation of various book chapters on 'symbols'. This book is the 40th book published by the Grand Academic Portal – GAP. Science and symbols have become an integral part of any communication especially in the field of nonverbal communication science and symbols have always been a very strong para-system to communicate. The history of symbols is an effort to capture the collective experiences of many civilizations which have shaped modern civilization and inter-connectedness. The kind of modern symbols that we use today are transcendent transcultural and transmit through transmedia. It is hoped that this book will be liked by the readers and it will facilitate their interest in symbols in general and history of symbols in particular. About the Editors Dr. Preeti Oza (Ph.D., M.Phil., PGD in Mass Communication and Journalism) is a faculty at the St. Andrew's College, University of Mumbai. She is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong working in the area of Dalit and Buddhist studies. Her major research areas are Marginal Literature, Dalit Literature, and Skill Development through Language Acquisition. She has teaching experience of more than 15 years, written (edited) five books and has presented and published papers in many international and national seminars and conferences. She is Holding CEO position of Grand Academic Consortium (NGO) there are around 1200 members of the Associations across the globe. She has edited so far 10 books. Dr. Gurudutta P. Japee (PhD. M. Phil, MBA (USA), M. Com (Gold Medallist), MA, MDBA, LLB, B.Ed, CCA, DCST): Head of the Department - Advanced Business Studies, School of Commerce, Gujarat University. He was the Director and Joint CEO (Quality Assurance and Research and Innovation) at Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Department of Education, the Government of Gujarat. He has published so far 63 books.