The Arabic print revolution : cultural production and mass readership /

In a brief historic moment, printing presses, publishing ventures, a periodical press, circulation networks, and a mass readership came into being all at once in the Middle East, where none had previously existed, with ramifications in every sphere of the community's life. Among other outcomes,...

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Main Author: Ayalon, Ami (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.