Paper : paging through history
Kurlansky, Mark2016
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Through tracing paper's evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay.
Main title:
Paper : paging through history / Mark Kurlansky.
Author:
Kurlansky, Mark, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]©2016
Collation:
xx, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-354) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: The technological fallacy -- Being human -- The moths that circle a Chinese candle -- The Islamic birth of literacy -- And where is Xátiva? -- Europe between two felts -- Making words soar -- The art of printing -- Out from Mainz -- Tenochtitlán and the blue-eyed devil -- The trumpet call -- Rembrandt's discovery -- The traitorous corruption of England -- Papering independence -- Diderot's promise -- Invitation from a wasp -- Advantages in the head -- To die like a gentleman -- Return to Asia -- Epilogue: change -- Appendix: Timeline.
ISBN:
9780393239614 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
676.09
Language:
English
BRN:
33369