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"Thomas Christensen's previous title 1616 : The World in Motion looked at a single year in the age of early maritime globalism--PW gave it a starred review, calling it 'a stunning overview of the nascent modern world.' By contrast his new gorgeously illustrated River of Ink range...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Christensen, Thomas, 1948-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Literature and history. Arts and history. Literacy > History. Printing > History. Books and reading > History. Intellectual life > History. Literature and society > History. Arts and society > History. World history. HISTORY > Social History. Arts and society. Books and reading. Intellectual life. Literacy. Literature and society. Printing. History.

Table of Contents:

WEST ASIA
River of Ink
Staying Alive
The Unfinished Bridge
The Winged Sphinx
EAST ASIA
Gutenberg and the Koreans
Taoism and the Arts of China
Before History
SOUTH ASIA, HIMALAYAS
The Temple across the Valley
A Measure of Happiness
Nur Jahan
AUSTRALIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA
Getting Henry
House of Hope
AFRICA
Malik Ambar
Journeys of the Iron Man
EUROPE
The Nightingale and You
Dodgson's Dodges
A Horace Reading
Dance Macabre
Harmony of the Spheres
LATIN AMERICA
La Tempestad
New World / New Words
Discovering Columbus
Eva Peron in Life and Myth
Double Crossed
NORTH AMERICA
Pocahontas in London
This World Makes Trickster
Beyond Taxonomy
Faint Praise
#occupychristmas
Sadakichi and America. 353.