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Print Culture and The Modern World
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Gutenberg Press.
Gutenberg was the son of a merchant and grew up on a large agricultural estate.
(i)Here handle was used to turn the screw and press down the platen over the printing block that was placed on top of a sheet of damp paper.
(ii)Gutenberg developed metal types for each of the 26 characters of the Roman alphabet and devised a way of moving them around so as to compose different words of the text.
(iii)This came to be known as the moveable type printing machine, and it remained the basic print technology over the next 300 years.
(iv)Books could now be produced much faster than was possible when each print block was prepared by carving a piece of wood by hand.
(v)The Gutenberg press could print 250 sheets on one side per hour.
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What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
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Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?
Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.
What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?
Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.
Where was the earliest kind of print technology developed?
For what purpose, the earliest textbooks were printed in China?
What is vellum?
Kitagawa Utamarao born in Edo in:
First known printing press developed by Gutenberg in:
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