Modern Things on Trial

Summary

Leor Halevi tells the story of the Islamic trials of technological and commercial innovations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shedding light on culture, commerce, and consumption in Cairo and other colonial cities, Modern Things on Trial is a groundbreaking account of Islam’s material transformation in a globalizing era.

Product details

• Authors: Leor Halevi, Halevi Leor, Leor Harlevi
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2019
• EAN: 9780231188661
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18866-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Material Culture, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Islamic countries, LAW / Islamic