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

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Aiming to place Egypt clearly in the context of some of the major worldwide transformations of the three centuries from 1500 to 1800, Nelly Hanna questions the mainstream view that has identified the main sources of modern world history as the Reformation, the expansion of Europe into America and As...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanna, Nelly (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.
Edición:[International version].
Temas:
1288-1918
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
HISTORY > World.
Islamic Empire > History.
Egypt > History > 1517-1882.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Égypte > Histoire > 1517-1882.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Egypt.
Islamic Empire.
Turkey.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • 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

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