Paper: Paging Through History
Paperback 416 pages English May 23, 2017
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Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce, and art; it has formed the foundation of civilizations, promoting revolutions and restoring stability. By tracing paper's evolution from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on the contributions made in Asia and the Middle East, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper will be the commodity history that guides us forward in the twenty-first century and illuminates our times.
- Author:
- Mark Kurlansky
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date:
- May 23, 2017
- Number of pages:
- 416 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0393353702
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393353709