WORLD
, INTRODUCTION...
In this chapter we will look at the development
of print, from its beginnings44 in East Asia to its
expansion in Europe and in India.
We will understand the impact of the spread of
technology and consider how social lives and
cultures changed with the coming of print.
,MAKING OF BOOK BEFORE
INTRODUCTION OF PRINT
, THE FIRST PRINTED BOOKS
The earliest kind of print technology
developed in China, Japan and Korea,
called hand printing.
From AD 576 onwards, books in
China were printed by rubbing paper
against inked surface of woodblocks.