On paper
the everything of its two-thousand-year history
First edition.
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Word Count
107,500 words, Guess
Page Count
430 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27152716M
- ISBN-139780307266422
- ISBN-100307266427
- OCLC Control Number824119601
- OCLC Control Numberonpapereverythin0000basb
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2012050267
Classifications
- DDC676.09
- LCCZ247 .B34 2013
Description
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.
Subjects
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