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Print Culture and The Modern World
Name the countries in which the earliest kind of print culture was developed. Mention the features of hand printing in China.
The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and Korea. This was a system of hand printing.
From AD 594 onwards, books in China were printed by rubbing paper – also invented there – against the inked surface of woodblocks.
As both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed, the traditional Chinese ‘accordion book’ was folded and stitched at the side. Superbly skilled craftsmen could duplicate, with remarkable accuracy, the beauty of calligraphy.
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Give reasons for the following:
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
Give reasons for the following:
Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
Give reasons for the following:
Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Gutenberg Press.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
Erasmus's idea of the printed book.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Vernacular Press Act
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to Women.
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
The poor
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
Reformers
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