During the nineteenth century, the American Mission Press in Beirut printed religious and secular publications written by foreign missionaries and Syrian scholars such as Nāşīf 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.
Title |
Printing Arab modernity : book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut / by Hala Auji. |
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Additional Titles |
Book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut |
Publisher |
Leiden Boston : Brill |
Creation Date |
[2016] |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index. |
Series |
Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world, 2213-3844 volume 7 |
Extent |
xiv, 155 pages : facsimiles (some color), 1 color map 27 cm. |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2016 |
National Library system number |
990039146500205171 |
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- 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
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