On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
2013
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Title
On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Description
xvi, 430 : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Associated name
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.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State).
Call number
Z247 .B34 2013 Cons.Lab.
Folger-specific note
Author's presentation copy.
Folger accession
268058