Ottoman Egypt and the emergence of the modern world : 1500-1800 /

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Main Author: Hanna, Nelly (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Cairo ; New York : The American University In Cairo Press, 2014.

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Call Number: DT99 .H28 2014

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245 1 0 |a Ottoman Egypt and the emergence of the modern world :   |b 1500-1800 /   |c Nelly Hanna. 
264 1 |a Cairo ;   |a New York :   |b The American University In Cairo Press,  |c 2014. 
300 |a vii, 185 pages ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-177) and index. 
505 0 |a •Acknowledgments •1. Egypt from 1600 to 1800: Between Local and Global •The Multiple Narratives of Modern World History •Alternatives to Eurocentric Approaches to Modern World History •Egypt in the Light of World Transformations, 1500-1800 •Consequences of These Conditions •Conclusions •2. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Texts: Colloquial in Language, Scholarly in Form •Language Registers: What Did They Signify? •The Prehistory of This Change •The Landmarks and Their Consequences •Impact on Language around 1600 •Innovations in the Way Colloquial Is Used •Another Moment of Transformation: 1900 •3. Eighteenth-century Textile Artisans and Guilds and the World Economy •Artisans and Guilds 'Outside History'? •Textiles at the Vanguard of Change •Penetrating the International Market •The Diffusion to Four Continents •Impact of These Conditions on Textile Production •Participating in Fashions and New Trends in Cloth •Diffusion of Trends by Merchants and by Artisans •Internal Adjustments in Guilds •Conclusions •4. Artisans, Spies, and Manufacturers: Eighteenth-century Transfers of Technology from the Ottoman Empire to France •Transfer of Know-how, Alternatives to Eurocentrism •Revisionist "Views about the Transfer of Know-how •Emerging Interest in Crafts •France and the Ottoman Empire: Textile Technology •"Egyptians Are Clumsy in Everything They Do" •Superiority of Ottoman Dyes •Learning the Skills of Dyeing •Difficulties (and Solutions) in the Process of Transfer •State Support and Publications •Did These Transfers Ultimately Have Any Weight? •Beginning of the Nineteenth Century: The Loss of Several Monopolies •Conclusion •5. Epilogue •Dating System of the French Revolution •Notes •Bibliography •Index  
651 0 |a Egypt  |x History  |y 1517-1882. 
651 0 |a Islamic Empire  |x History. 
651 0 |a Turkey  |x History  |y Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. 
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