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Perspectives et politiques du recyclage des vieux papiers dans l'industrie papetière
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ISBN: 9264215212 9789264215214 Year: 1976

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Waste paper recovery economic aspects and environmental impacts
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ISBN: 9264119108 9789264119109 Year: 1979 Publisher: Paris OECD

RECYCLED PAPERS THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE
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ISBN: 0262700468 Year: 1992 Publisher: Cambridge The MIT Press


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Kleine kroniek van het papier : een verhaal van een onmogelijke (?) conservering...
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ISBN: 9066370602 Year: 1995 Publisher: Brussel : Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België,


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Social movements in management : making a technological leap in the case of the Anjala paper mill
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ISBN: 9517027915 Year: 1994 Publisher: Helsinki Helsinki school of economics and business administration


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The social and economic impacts of transnational corporations : case studies of the U.S. paper industry in Brazil
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ISBN: 0915814145 Year: 1976 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Fund for multinational management education

Paper before print : the history and impact of paper in the Islamic world
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ISBN: 0300089554 9780300089554 Year: 2001 Publisher: New Haven ; London Yale University Press

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Like the printing press, typewriter, and computer, paper has been a crucial agent for the dissemination of information. This engaging book presents an important new chapter in paper’s history: how its use in Islamic lands during the Middle Ages influenced almost every aspect of medieval life. Focusing on the spread of paper from the early eighth century, when Muslims in West Asia acquired Chinese knowledge of paper and papermaking, to five centuries later, when they transmitted this knowledge to Christians in Spain and Sicily, the book reveals how paper utterly transformed the passing of knowledge and served as a bridge between cultures.Jonathan Bloom traces the earliest history of paper—how it was invented in China over 2,000 years ago, how it entered the Islamic lands of West Asia and North Africa, and how it spread to northern Europe. He explores the impact of paper on the development of writing, books, mathematics, music, art, architecture, and even cooking. And he discusses why Europe was so quick to adopt paper from the Islamic lands and why the Islamic lands were so slow to accept printing in return. Together the beautifully written text and delightful illustrations (of papermaking techniques and the many uses to which paper was put) give new luster and importance to a now-humble material

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