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Printing Arab modernity: book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9004309993 (hbk.)
ISBN	9789004309999 (hbk.)
Author	Auji, Hala
Title	Printing Arab modernity : book culture and the American Press in nineteenth-century Beirut / by Hala Auji
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016
Physical desc.	xiv, 155 p. ; ill. (some col.), facsims., col. map ; 27 cm.
Series	Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world 7
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-149) and index.
Contents	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 -- Appendices. 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.
Corporate name	American Mission Press (Syria) -- History -- 19th century
Subject	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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