Chapter 3 Flashcards
Ray Bradbury
author of science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451
first book to be printed in the colonies
The Whole Book of Psalms (aka bay psalm book)
Thomas Paine wrote
Common Sense
Harriet Beecher Stowe
wrote uncle tom’s cabin- novel about the cruel events black slaves had to encounter
Most of the books that were carried over by early colonists that came to America were
religiously oriented
books and reading were symbols of
wealth and high status
The first printing press in America that was limited to religious and government documents
Cambridge Press
A book printed by Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack- contained short stories/ weather predictions/ facts to those first settlers in America
Benjamin Franklin published the first true novel printed in North America called ____, which was written by ____.
Pamela, Samuel Richardson
The Stamp Act
designed by England to get money back from the French and Indian War, mandated that all printed be done on paper stamped with the government’s seal
The stamp act did what to the colonies
controlled and limited their freedom
In protest to the Stamp Act, Thomas Paine wrote
Common Sense
linotype machine
a typerwriter-like keyboard allowing printers to set type mechanically rather than manually
offset lithography
permitting printing from photographic plates rather than heavy, fragile metal casts
dime novels
inexpensive paperback books novels that costed ten cents
pulp novels
another name for dime novels
Allen Lane
founded Penguin Books and published the paperback
Robert de Graff
introduced Pocket books, small and inexpensive (25 cents) and were sold just about everywhere
List the reasons why books are a powerful cultural influence
They are agents of social and cultural change (can use books to reach the public), important cultural repository (look up facts and info), windows of the past, important sources of personal development (different historical movements), sources of entertainment, more individual type of media, and reflect culture that produces and consumes them
Censorship
someone in authority limits publication or access to a book
aliteracy
people posses the ability to read but are unwilling to do so
books sold and distributed by book clubs
book club editions
Textbooks produced for elementary and high schools
El-hi books
Textbook produced for colleges and universities
Higher education books
