Waiting for Müteferrika : glimpses of Ottoman print culture /

Waiting for Müteferrika : glimpses of Ottoman print culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sŭbev, Orlin, 1970- author.
Imprint:	Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 143 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Ottoman and Turkish studies
Subject:	İbrahim Müteferrika, -- 1674?-1745. İbrahim Müteferrika, -- 1674?-1745. Publishers and publishing -- Turkey -- History. Printing -- Turkey -- History. Printing. Publishers and publishing. Turkey. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12019544

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ISBN:	9781618116192 1618116193 9781618116185
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 14, 2018).
Summary:	Sabev investigates the first Ottoman/Muslim printer Ibrahim Muteferrika and his printing activity in the first half of the 18th century. By focusing on Muteferrika's western-formed mind-set, the book analyzes the influence of his printing enterprise on the transition from scribal tradition to print culture in the Ottoman Turkish/Muslim milieu.
Other form:	Print version: Sŭbev, Orlin, 1970- Waiting for Müteferrika. Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018 9781618116185

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Front Cover Image
Note on Transliteration
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction: In Search of Lost Time?
Chapter 1. The Strange Arts: Printing and Other "Oddities"
Chapter 2. Out of the Ordinary: İbrahim Müteferrika's Mind-set
Chapter 3. Deus ex Machina: The Müteferrika Press
Chapter 4. They Hadn't Read My Prints: Success or Failure?
Chapter 5. Virgin or Poison: The Making of Ottoman Print
Culture Conclusion: Waiting for Godot?
Bibliography
Index