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1 online resource |
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text file rda |
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Common bond -- Goddess by the stream -- Road trip -- Rags to riches -- The sound of money -- One and done -- Fiery consequences -- Papers, please -- Hard copy -- Metamorphosis -- Face value -- On paper -- Things unknown -- The drawing board -- Sleight of hand -- In the mold -- At the crossroads -- Elegy in fragments. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Common bond -- Goddess by the stream -- Road trip -- Rags to riches -- Rolling on the river -- One and done -- Fiery consequences -- Papers, please -- Hard copy -- Metamorphosis -- Face value -- On paper -- Things unknown -- The drawing board -- Sleight of hand -- In the mold -- At the crossroads -- Elegy in fragments. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Paper -- History.
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Papermaking -- History.
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Paper industry -- History.
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Paper. |
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Paper industry. |
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Papermaking. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943- On paper New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 9780307266422 (DLC) 2012050267 (OCoLC)824119601 |
| ISBN |
9780385350440 : $53.85 |
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0385350449 : $53.85 |
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