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In praise of books: a cultural history of Cairo's middle class, sixteenth to the eighteenth century

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Field name	Details
ISBN	977424835X (softcover)
ISBN	9789774248351 (softcover)
Author	Hanna, Nelly
Title	In praise of books : a cultural history of Cairo's middle class, sixteenth to the eighteenth century / Nelly Hanna
Publisher	Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2003
Physical desc.	ix, 219 pages ; 1 illustration, tables ; 23 cm.
Note	'First published in Egypt in 2004 by the American University in Cairo Press [...]. This edition published by arrangement with Syracuse University Press' -- title page verso.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Society, economy, and culture -- Culture and education of the middle class -- Books and the middle class -- Shaping a culture of the middle class -- Radical intellectuals: a culture of crisis.
Subject	Middle class -- Egypt -- History
	Middle class -- Books and reading -- Egypt
	Middle class -- Egypt -- Intellectual life
	Egypt -- Civilization -- 638-1798
	Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
	Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
	Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 18th century

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