On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history /
Nicholas A. Basbanes.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xvi, 430 pages ) : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - 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.. - 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.
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| ISBN | 0-385-35044-9
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