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The Specter of the Archive Religious buildings ” A Map of LongingsAn exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far reaching effects on politics and society. We commonly think of ourselves as living amid an unprecedented abundance of information. In The Specter of the Archive, Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with similarly mixed blessings. He reveals that early modern Britain was a society newly drowning in paperfor them a light and durable technology whose