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"On Paper:The Everything of its Two Thousand Year History," Signed by Nicholas A. Basbanes
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- 349
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- 40 USD to SnowyRiver
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Item Description
If you love books, this is a must read! Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian David McCullough calls Nicholas A. Basbanes "the leading authority of books about books".
"On Paper: The Everything of its Two Thousand Year History by a Self-confessed Bibliophiliac" is a consideration of all things paper—its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers—written by the admired cultural historian and author of the trilogy on all things book-related: A Gentle Madness, Patience and Fortitude, and A Splendor of Letters.
Basbanes writes about paper, from its invention in China two thousand years ago to its ideal means, recording the thoughts of Islamic scholars and mathematicians that made the Middle East a center of intellectual energy; from Europe, by way of Spain in the twelfth century and Italy in the thirteenth at the time of the Renaissance, to North America and the rest of the inhabited world. He covers the ways in which paper has been used to record history, make laws, conduct business, and establish identities . . . He makes clear that without paper, modern hygienic practice would be unimaginable; that as currency, people will do almost anything to possess it . . . that the Industrial Revolution would never have happened without paper on which to draw designs and blueprints.
To learn more about Nicholas Basbanes, visit www.nicholasbasbanes.com.
Details: New, 1st edition; signed by author.
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