Marshall and Eric McLuhan's Laws of media address the technological impact of the latin letter, and how it was extended to other technology. http://www.amazon.com/Laws-Media-Science-Marshall-McLuhan/dp...

Marshall McLuhan's book The Gutenberg Galaxy is a longer approach to specific conversation around how latin characters led to the printing press which transformed society into the industrial age:

http://www.amazon.com/Gutenberg-Galaxy-Marshall-McLuhan/dp/1...