Paper : paging through history
(Large Print)
Author
Published
Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781410490070 (hardcover : large print), 1410490076 (hardcover : large print)
Physical Desc
635 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Watertown - Large Print | 676.09 KUR 2016 | On Shelf |
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Published
Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781410490070 (hardcover : large print), 1410490076 (hardcover : large print)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-632).
Description
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 created civilizations, fostering the fomenting of revolutions and the stabilizing of regimes. Witness history's greatest press run, which produced 6.5 billion copies of Máo zhu " xí yu" lu, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Zedong), or the fact that Leonardo da Vinci left behind only 15 paintings but 4,000 works on paper. Now, on the cusp of "going paperless" -- and amid speculation about the effects of a digitally dependent society -- we've come to a world-historic juncture to examine what paper means to civilization. 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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kurlansky, M. (2016). Paper: paging through history (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. 2016. Paper: Paging Through History. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. Paper: Paging Through History Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kurlansky, Mark. Paper: Paging Through History Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
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