So far as quantity goes the printed book was the first instrumen… — “Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 124 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 309, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 134. and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

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So far as quantity goes the printed book was the first instrument of mass culture.

“Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 124 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 309, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 134. and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

Quote #767

Year: 1953

Chapter: Canada