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Paper

Mark Kurlansky

2016416 pagesabout 6–10 hours
2016
first published
  • 2016Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780393285482
  • 2016635 pages · ENGISBN 9781410490070
  • 2017W. W. Norton & Company · 416 pagesISBN 9780393353709

Tracing paper's evolution from antiquity to the present, the bestselling author of Cod and Salt challenges common assumptions about technology's influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper will be the commodity history that guides us forward and illuminates our times.

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