On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
TITLE:
On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
Publication Date:
2013-2014
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books/Random House,
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Description:
xvi, 430 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307279644
