Current LectureColonial and Revolutionary America (Mid 17th to late 18th Century)During this period because of government control over book, only a few books were published and most of them were religious text.First press: Cambridge Press, 1638First Book: The Whole Booke of Psalms, 1644Early bestseller: Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732i. Short storiesii. Poetryiii. Weather predictionsPrinter protest gov’t control when they tried to enact the stamp act.Printers started to write stories and articles protesting the control of the British government.The article includes one like Thomas Paines “Common Sense” which sold over 120,000 out a population of 400,000.Paine also wrote a pamphlet called “The American Crisis”Becoming a Mass mediumWith the invention of the linotype machine and being able to produce 24 miles of paper daily the low cost of printing helped to establish the wide spread production of books during the 1800’s giving birth to novels.Early novelist: Hawthorne, Melville and TwainBeadle & Company’s dime novelThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone (1850)Herman Meville’s Moby Dick (1851)Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)Paperbacks: Penguin Books and Pocket BooksDime Novels are inexpensive novels that were printed by the Irwin brothers and Erastus beadle.Books today are 60 % paperbackBooks as cultural value: Why Censorship?Because are sold in single units its allows for more voices to be heard.Unlike television shows that are sold as mass media to be shown to the nation as one front, books have the freedom to voice ideas and unpopler opinions.MMC 2000 Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. Newspapers cont. II. BookOutline of Current Lecture III. BookCurrent Lecture Colonial and Revolutionary America (Mid 17th to late 18th Century)During this period because of government control over book, only a few books were published and most of them were religious text. First press: Cambridge Press, 1638First Book: The Whole Booke of Psalms, 1644Early bestseller: Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732i. Short storiesii. Poetry iii. Weather predictionsPrinter protest gov’t control when they tried to enact the stamp act. Printers started to write stories and articles protesting the control of the British government. The article includes one like Thomas Paines “Common Sense” which sold over 120,000 out a population of 400,000. Paine also wrote a pamphlet called “The American Crisis” Becoming a Mass medium← With the invention of the linotype machine and being able to produce 24 miles of paper daily the low cost of printing helped to establish the wide spread production of books during the 1800’s giving birth to novels. Early novelist: Hawthorne, Melville and TwainBeadle & Company’s dime novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone (1850) Herman Meville’s Moby Dick (1851)Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)Paperbacks: Penguin Books and Pocket BooksDime Novels are inexpensive novels that were printed by the Irwin brothers and Erastus beadle. Robert De Graff introduced the idea of Paperback books to the public when he brought over the idea from London. He found Penguin Books Books today are 60 % paperback Books as cultural value: Why Censorship? Because are sold in single units its allows for more voices to be heard. Unlike television shows that are sold as mass media to be shown to the nation as one front, books have the freedom to voice ideas and unpopler opinions. ←1) Books are agents of social and cultural change2) Books are important cultural repository 3) Books are windows on the past4) Books are important sources of personal development 5) Books are wonderful sources of entertainment, escape and personal
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