On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
Title:
On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
ISBN:
9780307266422
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Physical Description:
xvi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Common bond -- Goddess by the stream -- Road trip -- Rags to riches -- The sound of money -- One and done -- Fiery consequences -- Papers, please -- Hard copy -- Metamorphosis -- Face value -- On paper -- Things unknown -- The drawing board -- Sleight of hand -- In the mold -- At the crossroads -- Elegy in fragments.
Summary:
A consideration of all things paper--the invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses); its sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers--by the admired cultural historian.
OCLC Number:
ocn824119601
Availability:
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