Ayalon analyses how the advent of mass printing shaped the intellectual and cultural movements of the time, and how it encouraged the creation of new forms of literary heritage. This unique presentation is essential for students and scholars of Arab intellectual and literary history, especially the 'nahda'.
Ayalon analyses how the advent of mass printing shaped the intellectual and cultural movements of the time, and how it encouraged the creation of new forms of literary heritage. This unique presentation is essential for students and scholars of Arab intellectual and literary history, especially the 'nahda'.
Ami Ayalon is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. His scholarly interest focuses on the cultural and political history of Arabic-speaking societies in modern times, with a recent accent on the entry of printing into the Middle East and its wider implications. Ayalon has published numerous studies on these subjects, including Language and Change in the Arab Middle East (1987), The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History (1995) and Reading Palestine: Printing and Literacy, 1900-1948 (2004).
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Preface Introduction: the problem of genesis 1. The formative phase of Arab printing - a historical overview 2. Printers and publishers 3. Books, journals, cartes de visite 4. Diffusion channels 5. Advancing circulation 6. Reading and readers 7. Reading in public Conclusion Bibliography.
Preface Introduction: the problem of genesis 1. The formative phase of Arab printing - a historical overview 2. Printers and publishers 3. Books, journals, cartes de visite 4. Diffusion channels 5. Advancing circulation 6. Reading and readers 7. Reading in public Conclusion Bibliography.
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