by Icove, David J., DeHaan, John D., (John David), Kirk, Paul Leland
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From readability to operability, this book presents a number of experiments to analyze the characteristics of paper and digital displays in reading and writing. Why is it easy to read on paper? Why is it easy to concentrate on reading on paper? Why is it easy to think while writ…
Based on a study of rural papermakers in Sichuan, China, between 1920 and 2000, this book traces the changes in the distribution of knowledge that led to a massive transfer of technical control from villages to cities; from primary producers to managerial elites and from men to …
Paper and culture in medieval England: An introduction -- Paper stories -- The economics of paper -- Writing on paper -- The character of paper and its use in medieval books -- Paper in the medieval literary imagination -- Epilogue: The age of paper.
