Print Culture and the Modern World

Topics in this chapter

• Introduction

  • Introduction

• The First Printed Books

  • Introduction
  • Print in Japan

• Print Comes to Europe

  • Introduction
  • Gutenberg and the Printing Press

• The Print Revolution and Its Impact

  • Introduction
  • A New Reading Public
  • Religious Debates and the Fear of Print
  • Print and Dissent

• The Reading Mania

  • Introduction
  • ‘Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world!’
  • Print Culture and the French Revolution

• The Nineteenth Century

  • Introduction
  • Children, Women and Workers
  • Further Innovations

• India and the World of Print

  • Introduction
  • Manuscripts Before the Age of Print
  • Print Comes to India

• Religious Reform and Public Debates

  • Introduction

• New Forms of Publication

  • Introduction
  • Women and Print
  • Print and the Poor People

• Print and Censorship

  • Introduction