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Class 10th
History

Print culture and the Modern World

This Chapter explains how printing began, spread new ideas, and transformed education, society and modern culture in Europe and Asia.

New20 pages

What's Covered

  • Early forms of print in China
  • Growth of print in Europe
  • Gutenberg and the printing revolution
  • Spread of books and new reading habits
  • Print and the Reformation
  • Print and the Enlightenment
  • Expansion of print in the 19th century
  • Newspapers, novels and new readers
  • Print culture in India
  • Print and social reform movements

Pages

20 pages

Subject

History

Updated

Dec 2025

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