In praise of books
Subtitle: a cultural history of Cairo's middle class, sixteenth to the eighteenth century
By: Nelly Hanna.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cairo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Middle class -- Egypt -- History.; Middle class -- Books and reading -- Egypt.; Middle class -- Egypt -- Intellectual life.; Egypt -- Civilization -- 638-1798.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Society, economy, and culture; title: Culture and education of the middle class; title: Books and the middle class; title: Shaping a culture of the middle class; title: Radical intellectuals : a culture of crisis.