Paper : paging through history
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393239614, 0393239616
Physical Desc
xx, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Folsom Adult
676.09 KUR 2016
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676.09 KUR 2016
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393239614, 0393239616
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-354) and index.
Description
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce, and art. It has created civilizations, fostering the fomenting of revolutions and the stabilizing of regimes. Witness history's greatest press run, which produced 6.5 billion copies of Mao zhu xi yu lu, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Zedong), or the fact that Leonardo da Vinci left behind only 15 paintings but 4,000 works on paper. Now, on the cusp of "going paperless"--And amid rampant speculation about the effects of a digitally dependent society-we've come to a world-historic juncture to examine what paper means to civilization. Through tracing paper's evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. 'Paper' will be the history that guides us forward in the twenty-first century and illuminates our times.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kurlansky, M. (2016). Paper: paging through history (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. 2016. Paper: Paging Through History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. Paper: Paging Through History New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Kurlansky, M. (2016). Paper: paging through history. First edn. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. Paper: Paging Through History First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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