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by jason-phillips
758 days ago
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> I came to the conclusion that around 1850 there was a "phase change". You could tell the books before 1850, they were works of love. After 1850, I think mass printing took off, or something.... The latter half of the 1800s saw the commoditization of consumer goods as industrial manufacturing processes replaced craftsmen. I became aware of this dynamic when I started collecting textiles. The arts and crafts movement in the latter 1800s was founded in direct response to (what they perceived to be) the soulless products produced at scale in factories. |
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