Paper: Paging Through History

by Mark Kurlansky

Book Overview

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. One has only to look at history's greatest press run, which produced 6.5 billion copies of M?o zhux? yulu,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239616
• ISBN13: 9780393239614
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"