Main entry:

Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943-

Title & Author:

On paper : the everything of its two-thousand-year history / Nicholas A. Basbanes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Description:

xvi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index.
Part I. Common bond -- Goddess by the stream -- Road trip -- Rags to riches -- The sound of money -- One and done -- Part II. Fiery consequences -- Papers, please -- Hard copy -- Metamorphosis -- Face value -- On paper -- Part III. Things unknown -- The drawing board -- Sleight of hand -- In the mold -- At the crossroads -- Elegy in fragments -- Epilogue.
Finalist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2014.

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780307266422 (hardcover)
0307266427 (hardcover)

Subject:

Paper History.
Papermaking History.
Paper industry History.
Paper Social aspects History.
Papeterie Histoire.
Papier Industrie Histoire.
Paper
Paper industry
Papermaking
Papier
Papierherstellung
Papierindustrie
Papper historia.
Papperstillverkning historia.
Pappersindustri historia.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286204
Call No.: Z247 .B28 2013
Status: Available