The Arabic print revolution : cultural production and mass readership, 1800-1914 /

Ayalon, Ami,

The Arabic print revolution : cultural production and mass readership, 1800-1914 / Ami Ayalon, Tel Aviv University. - pages cm

Introduction: The problem of genesis -- The formative phase of Arab printing : a historical overview -- Printers and publishers -- Books, journals, cartes de visite -- Diffusion channels -- Advancing circulation -- Reading and readers -- Reading in public -- Conclusion.

9781107149441

2016028985


Printing, Arabic--History--19th century.
Books and reading--History--Middle East--19th century.
Book industries and trade--History--Middle East--19th century.


Middle East--Intellectual life--19th century.

Z186.M628 / .A93 2016

686.2 / AYA.A