Printing Arab modernity : book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut / by Hala Auji.
Printing Arab modernity :
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004314351 (electronic book)
9789004309999 (print)
9789004309999 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0790
Yazar
Eser Adının Farklı Biçimi
Book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut
Yayın Bilgisi
c2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages) : facsimiles (some color), 1 color map.
Dizi
Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world, 2213-3844 ; v. 7
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-149) and index.
İçindekiler Notu
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The American Press and Its Legacy -- Evangelizing between Script and Print (1834–1840) -- Print for Shifting Alliances and Readers (1841–1851) -- Protestant Ideals and Arab Intellectual Ambitions (1852–1867) -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Annual Number of Arabic Publications from the American Press, 1836–1867 -- Appendix 2: List of Arabic Publications Produced at the American Press, 1836–1867 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Özet, vb.
During the nineteenth century, the American Mission Press in Beirut printed religious and secular publications written by foreign missionaries and Syrian scholars such as Nāṣīf al-Yāzijī and Buṭrus al-Bustānī, of later nahḍa fame. In a region where presses were still not prevalent, letterpress-printed and lithographed works circulated within a larger network that was dominated by manuscript production. In this book, Hala Auji analyzes the American Press publications as important visual and material objects that provide unique insights into an era of changing societal concerns and shifting intellectual attitudes of Syria’s Muslim and Christian populations. Contending that printed books are worthy of close visual scrutiny, this study highlights an important place for print culture during a time of an emerging Arab modernity.
Konu
American Mission Press (Syria) __ History __ 19th century.
Publishers and publishing __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Arabic imprints __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Printing, Arabic __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Beirut (Lebanon) __ Intellectual life __ 19th century.
Publishers and publishing __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Arabic imprints __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Printing, Arabic __ Lebanon __ Beirut __ History __ 19th century.
Beirut (Lebanon) __ Intellectual life __ 19th century.
