Paper :Paging Through History

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Paper :Paging Through History

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Description

For the past two millennia, the ability to produce paper in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce and art. It has created civilisations, fostering the fomenting of revolutions and the stabilising of regimes. Now, on the cusp of "going paperless", Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology’s influence, affirming that paper is here to stay.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780393353709
ISBN10 0393353702
Number Of Pages 416
Item Weight 370 g
Product Dimensions 140 x 211 x 30 mm
Publisher / Reseller WW Norton & Co
Format paperback
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"Kurlansky’s book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that’s thrived through centuries of change." -- The Observer
"Paper is not what you would call a learned book, but one learns an awful lot from it, all packaged in Kurlansky’s whipsmart prose." -- The Times
"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book." -- The New York Times
"Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival." -- The Scotsman
"... a kaleidoscopic history, an engaging gift book for trivia and history fans of all kinds." -- The Irish Times

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Author's Bio

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

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