Monro, Alexander

The paper trail : an unexpected history of a revolutionary invention / Alexander Monro. - New York : Knopf, 2016 - 368 p. ; illustrations, maps

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, ...in 2014" -- copyright page

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload -- Epilogue : Fading Trails.

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Technology and engineering--Inventions
Papermaking--History
Paper--History
History--Civilization
Language arts and disciplines--Literacy
General & World History
Inventions