Printing Arab modernity : book culture and the American press in nineteenth-century Beirut / by Hala Auji.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auji, Hala, author.

Series:

Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; Volume 7.

Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World, 2213-3844 ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Lebanon--Beirut.

Beirut (Lebanon)--Intellectual life--19th century.

Beirut (Lebanon).

American Mission Press (Syria)--History--19th century.

American Mission Press (Syria).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages) : facsimiles (some color), 1 color map

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 27, 2016).

ISBN:

90-04-31435-0

OCLC:

953711008

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004314351 DOI