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Paging Through History

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Mark Kurlansky: Paper (2016, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

416 pages

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2016 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..

ISBN:
978-0-393-28548-2
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Tracing paper's evolution from antiquity to the present, the bestselling author of Cod and Salt challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper will be the commodity history that guides us forward and illuminates our times.

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Subjects

  • Paper making and trade
  • Paper
  • World history