Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print

by James L. Gelvin

The second half of the nineteenth century marks a watershed in human history. Railroads linked remote hinterlands with cities; overland and undersea cables connected distant continents. New and accessible print technologies made the wide dissemination of ideas possible; oceangoing steamers carried goods to faraway markets and enabled the greatest long-distance migrations in recorded history.

In this volume, leading scholars of the Islamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520275020
• ISBN13: 9780520275027
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"