On paper
Subtitle: the everything of its two-thousand-year history
By: Nicholas A. Basbanes
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780307266422
Subjects: Papermaking; Paper; Paper industry; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Common bond; title: Goddess by the stream; title: Road trip; title: Rags to riches; title: Rolling on the river; title: One and done; title: Fiery consequences; title: Papers, please; title: Hard copy; title: Metamorphosis; title: Face value; title: On paper; title: Things unknown; title: The drawing board; title: Sleight of hand; title: In the mold; title: At the crossroads; title: Elegy in fragments.