Ottoman Egypt and the emergence of the modern world, 1500-1800 / Nelly Hanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanna, Nelly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural relations.

Egypt--History--1517-1882.

Egypt.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Islamic Empire--History.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on the Hamilton A.R. Gibb Lectures given by Nelly Hanna at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University, this groundbreaking book will be of interest to all those looking for a different perspective on the history of south-north relations.Aiming to place Egypt clearly in the context of some of the major worldwide transformations of the three centuries from 1500 to 1800, Professor Hanna questions the mainstream view that has identified the main sources of modern world history as the Reformation, the expansion of Europe into America and Asia, the formation of trading compani

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1- Egypt from 1600 to 1800:Between Local and Global; 2 - Seventeenth- and EighteenthcenturyTexts: Colloquial inLanguage, Scholarly in Form; 3 - Eighteenth-centuryTextile Artisans and Guildsand the World Economy; 4 - Artisans, Spies,and Manufacturers:Eighteenth-century Transfersof Technology from theOttoman Empire to France; 5- Epilogue; Dating System of the French Revolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617975905

1617975907

9781617976346

1617976342

9781617976353

1617976350

OCLC:

911019242