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1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Paper, Gender, and the History of Knowledge -- Carla Bittel, Elaine Leong, and Christine von Oertzen; Part I. Beyond the Page: The Sociomaterial History of Paper; One. Letter Writing and Paper Connoisseurship in Elite Households in Early Modern England -- Heather Wolfe; Two. Papering the Household: Paper, Recipes, and Everyday Technologies in Early Modern England -- Elaine Leong; Three. The Sociomateriality of Waste and Scrap Paper in Eighteenth-Century England -- Simon Werrett |
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Four. Paper Trials, Multiple Masculinities, and the Oeconomy of Honor -- Gabriella SzalayPart II. Transcending Boundaries: Tools and Technologies; Five. Bookkeeping for Caring: Notebooks, Parchment Slips, and Enlightened Medical Arithmetic in Madrid's Foundling House -- Elena Serrano; Six. Unpacking the Phrenological Toolkit: Knowledge and Identity in Antebellum America -- Carla Bittel; Seven. Keeping Prussia's House in Order: Census Cards, Housewifery, and the State's Data Compilation -- Christine von Oertzen |
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Eight. Tracing Paper, the Posture Sciences, and the Mapping of the Female Body -- Beth LinkerPart III. Knowledge, Power, and the Everyday; Nine. A Letter Is a Paper House: Home, Family, and Natural Knowledge -- Elizabeth Yale; Ten. Family Notebooks, Mnemotechnics, and the Rational Education of Margaret Monro -- Matthew Daniel Eddy; Eleven. Papier-Mâché Anatomical Models: The Making of Reform and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France and Beyond -- Anna Maerker; Twelve. Women Who Worked with Documents to Rationalize Reproduction -- Dan Bouk |
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Afterword: Making and Using Paper in Late Imperial China: Comparative Reflections on Working and Knowing beyond the Page -- Jacob EyferthNotes; Selected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paper -- History.
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Paper. |
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History. |
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Papermaking -- History.
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Papermaking. |
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Written communication -- History.
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Written communication. |
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Written communication -- Sex differences -- History.
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Written communication -- Sex differences. |
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Technology and women -- History.
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Technology and women. |
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of. |
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Knowledge, Theory of -- History.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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Knowledge management.
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Knowledge management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Bittel, Carla Jean, editor.
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Leong, Elaine Yuen Tien, 1975- editor.
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Oertzen, Christine von, editor.
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| Added Title |
Working with paper (University of Pittsburgh Press)
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| ISBN |
9780822986805 (electronic book) |
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0822986809 (electronic book) |
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9780822945598 |
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0822945592 |
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