Early Modernity and Mobility: Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800

A History Of The Continent-spanning Armenian Print Tradition In The Early Modern Period Early Modernity And Mobility Explores The Disparate Yet Connected Histories Of Armenian Printing Establishments In Early Modern Europe And Asia. From 1512, When The First Armenian Printed Codex Appeared In Venice, To The End Of The Early Modern Period In 1800, Armenian Presses Operated In Nineteen Locations Across The Armenian Diaspora. Linking Far-flung Locations In Amsterdam, Livorno, Marseille, Saint Petersburg, And Astrakhan To New Julfa, Madras, And Calcutta, Armenian Presses Published A Thousand Editions With More Than Half A Million Printed Volumes In Armenian Script. Drawing On Extensive Archival Research, Sebouh David Aslanian Explores Why Certain Books Were Published At Certain Times, How Books Were Sold Across The Diaspora, Who Read Them, And How The Printed Word Helped Fashion A New Collective Identity For Early Modern Armenians. In Examining The Armenian Print Tradition Aslanian Tells A Larger Story About The Making Of The Early Modern Armenian Diaspora. Arguing That “confessionalism” And The Hardening Of Boundaries Between The Armenian And Roman Churches Was The “driving Engine” Of Armenian Book History, Early Modernity And Mobility Makes A Revisionist Contribution To The Early Modern Origins Of Armenian Nationalism. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note On Transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction: An Early Modern Armenian Printing Revolution? -- 1. Armenians On The Move -- 2. “paper Instruments,” Social Networking, And Mobility Across The Early Modern Armenian Diaspora -- 3. The Early Arrival Of Print In Safavid Iran -- 4. The Amsterdam Connection -- 5. Print And Port-to-port Mobility -- 6. Reader Response And The Circulation Of Mkhit‘arist Books Across The Armenian Communities Of The Early Modern Indian Ocean -- 7. “there Is No One In Bengal Who Is Interested In Ancient Writings Such As Psalters, Breviaries, And So On” -- 8. From London And Saint Petersburg To Astrakhan And Madras -- 9. Print, Patronage, And The Rise Of The Confessional Nation -- Conclusion: Coda, Or Books Across Borders -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Sebouh David Aslanian. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.