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Auteur(s) Kurlansky, Mark (Auteur)
Titre(s) Paper [Texte imprimé] : paging through history / Mark Kurlansky.
Editeur(s) New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Contient Prologue: The technological fallacy ; Being human ; The moths that circle a Chinese candle ; The Islamic birth of literacy ; And where is Xa쉴iva? ; Europe between two felts ; Making words soar ; The art of printing ; Out from Mainz ; Tenochtitlań 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 gentlemen ; Return to Asia ; Epilogue: change ; Appendix: Timeline.
Résumé Through tracing paper's evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354) and index.
Sujet(s) Papier ** Histoire
Papier ** Industrie et commerce ** Histoire
Indice(s) 676.09
Signature US. OCoLC. 20171026. marc21 ;DLC. rda ;