"Read On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
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A Best Book of the Year:Mother Jones • Bloomberg News • National Post • Kirkus In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes— the consummate bibliophile’ s bibliophile— shows how paper has been civilization’ s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, cultural, and scientific accomplishments. Since its invention in China nearly two millennia ago, the technology of paper has spread throughout the inhabited world. With deep knowledge and care, Basbanes traces paper’ s trail from the earliest handmade sheets to the modern-day mills. Paper, yoked to politics, has played a crucial role in the unfolding of landmark events, from the American Revolution to Daniel Ellsberg’ s Pentagon Papers to the aftermath of 9/11. Without paper, modern hygienic practice would be unimaginable as currency, people will do almost anything to possess it and, as a tool of expression, it is inextricable from human culture.
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