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Ch 05 - Print Culture and the Modern World10th History
Origins of Early Print Technology
Which three countries developed the earliest print technology, and what was the method used?
Which three countries developed the earliest print technology, and what was the method used?
FACT
Early Print Technology
- Origin: The earliest print technology was developed in China, Japan, and Korea.
- Method: This was a system of hand printing, specifically woodblock printing.
- Timeline: Starting around AD 594 in China, books were printed by rubbing thin paper against the inked surface of intricately carved woodblocks.
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CJK: China, Japan, Korea
The Accordion Book
What was the 'Accordion Book' in traditional China, and why was it structured that way?
What was the 'Accordion Book' in traditional China, and why was it structured that way?
DEFINITION
The Accordion Book
- Construction: Traditional Chinese books were folded accordion-style and stitched at the side.
- Reason: Printing was done by rubbing paper against inked woodblocks. Because the traditional paper was thin and porous, it could not be printed on both sides without ink bleeding through. Therefore, the pages were folded to create double-sided thickness.
- Craftsmanship: Skilled craftsmen and scribes duplicated calligraphy with remarkable accuracy for these texts.
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Imperial China & Print Demand
Why was Imperial China the major producer of printed material for centuries?
Why was Imperial China the major producer of printed material for centuries?
CONCEPT
Demand from the Civil Service
Imperial China possessed a massive Civil Service Bureaucracy, which drove the demand for print.
- Recruitment: Personnel were recruited through rigorous civil service examinations.
- Textbooks: The imperial state sponsored the printing of vast numbers of textbooks and study materials for these exams.
- Volume: As the number of examination candidates surged in the 16th century, the volume of printed material increased correspondingly.
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Bureaucrats Built on Books
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- 4Introduction of Print to Japan
- 5Ukiyo-e Art Form
- 6The Jikji (Korea)
- 7Transmission of Print to Europe
- 8Vellum vs. Printed Paper
- 9Invention of the Gutenberg Press
- 10Early Aesthetics of Printed Books
- 11Defining the Print Revolution
- 12Shift in Knowledge Consumption
- 13The 18th Century Reading Mania
- 14Emergence of Cheap Literature
- 15Expanding Demographics: 19th Century Readers
- 16Industrial Print Innovations
- 17Print Survival During the Great Depression
- 18Elite Anxiety and the Fear of Print
- 19Martin Luther & The Protestant Reformation
- 20Lower-Class Dissent: The Case of Menocchio
- 21Print's Role in the Scientific Revolution
- 22Louise-Sebastien Mercier on Despotism
- 23Print Culture & The French Revolution
- 24Pre-Colonial Manuscripts in India
- 25The Arrival of Print in India
- 26The First Newspapers in India
- 27Religious Reform and the Press
- 28Vernacular Religious Presses
- 29New Indian Literary Forms
- 30The Battala Book Market
- 31Raja Ravi Varma and Mass Visual Culture
- 32Indian Satire and Caricature
- 33Debates over Women's Education
- 34Rashsundari Debi and 'Amar Jiban'
- 35Kailashbashini Debi's Feminist Critique
- 36Tarabai Shinde & Pandita Ramabai
- 37Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein
- 38Conservative Print: 'Istri Dharm Vichar'
- 39The Growth of Public Libraries
- 40Jyotiba Phule and 'Gulamgiri'
- 4120th-Century Anti-Caste Movements
- 42Factory Workers and Print Culture
- 43Early Colonial Censorship (Pre-1798)
- 44The 1835 Press Act
- 45The 1857 Revolt and Press Freedom
- 46The Vernacular Press Act (1878)
- 47Nationalist Resistance to Censorship
- 48Mahatma Gandhi on Press Freedom
- 49Wartime Press Censorship
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