Paper : paging through history /

Paper : paging through history /

Through tracing paper's evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kurlansky, Mark (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Subjects:	Papermaking > History. Papermaking. History. Paper industry > History. Paper industry.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The Technological Fallacy
Chapter 1. Being Human
Chapter 2. The Moths That Circle a Chinese Candle
Chapter 3. The Islamic Birth of Literacy
Chapter 4. And Where is Xátiva?
Chapter 5. Europe between Two Felts
Chapter 6. Making Words Soar
Chapter 7. The Art of Printing
Chapter 8. Out from Mainz
Chapter 9. Tenochtitlán and the Blue-Eyed Devil
Chapter 10. The Trumpet Call
Chapter 11. Rembrandt's Discovery
Chapter 12. The Traitorous Corruption of England
Chapter 13. Papering Independence
Chapter 14. Diderot's Promise
Chapter 15. Invitation From a Wasp
Chapter 16. Advantages in the Head
Chapter 17. To Die Like Gentlemen
Chapter 18. Return to Asia
Epilogue: Change
Appendix: Timeline
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index