LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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press could produce books quickly
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relatively little effort,
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both
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1820s wider adoption of the steam press lowered the cost of book production, making it possible to produce books more quickly and more cheaply.
Detailed explanation-2: -The printing press made manufacturing easier, which made books cheaper. Suddenly, reading became more accessible to the masses. The use of the invention caught on like wildfire. By 1500, 8 million books had been produced by 1, 000 printing presses throughout Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Previously, bookmaking entailed copying all the words and illustrations by hand. Often the copying had been done onto parchment, animal skin that had been scraped until it was clean, smooth, and thin. The labor that went into creating them made each book very expensive.