JRL 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Yellow Journalism, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens
Document Summary
3500 b. c: writing originates in egypt or mesopotamia, pictographs, earliest writing, ideographs, symbols that stand for ideas, phonography, 2000b. c, symbols that stand for sound, alphabets, 1700-1500 b. c, letters that stand for sounds. Development of paper: papyrus, writing surface made from papyrus reed, parchment, writing surface from skin of goats and sheep; much less fragile than papyrus, scriptoria, religious books hand copied by monks. The invention of mass culture: 1455, gutenburg develops movable metal type, makes printing feasible, first mass-produced written word. Books in the new world: 1539, first new world printing press in mexico city, 1640, printing begins in north america with whole booke of psalmes, 1731, benjamin franklin establishes early circulating (subscription) libraries. Mass produced books: 1814, steam powered rotary press, 1830"s-40s, popularity of serial novels, civil war era, popularity of paperback dime novels, growth of inexpensive textbooks, magazines, and newspapers fuels growth of mass literacy. Booksellers: ingram book group, wholesalers/distrubutors, major bookstore chains, barnes & noble.
