Screen LibraryOn paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history /
"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."--Jacket.
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| Published: |
Alfred A. Knopf,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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."--Jacket. |
| Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | Finalist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2014. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780307266422 (hardcover) : 0307266427 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | Z247 |
| CLC: | TS75-09 |
| Call Number: | TS75-09/B297 |
| 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. |