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100 1  $a Kurlansky, Mark, $e author.
245 10 $a Paper : $b paging through history / $c Mark Kurlansky.
264  1 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2016]
300    $a xx, 389 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  $a 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.
520    $a Presents a history of paper and the unexpected ways it shaped a modern world transitioning toward digital technologies, tracing the role of paper and papermaking in education, media, religion, commerce, and art.
650  0 $a Papermaking $x History.
650  0 $a Paper industry $x History.
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