Sood, Gagan D. S. (2007) "Correspondence is equal to half a meeting": the composition and comprehension of letters in eighteenth-century Islamic Eurasia. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 50 (2/3). pp. 172-214. ISSN 0022-4995
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This article details the social and cultural mechanisms by which correspondence in Arabic- and Latin-script languages was written, understood and preserved in mid-eighteenth-century Islamic Eurasia. Aside from two major differences in letter-writing culture, which were embodied in the choice of script, the resident communities of Islamic Eurasia approached correspondence in a similar fashion. Perhaps surprisingly, there is no correlation between these practices and the author's ethnicity or nationality. This is strong evidence for the autonomy and universality of custom in a region on the cusp of massive changes in its relationship to Europe.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://www.brill.com/journal-economic-and-social-h... |
Additional Information: | © 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV |
Divisions: | International History |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2014 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2024 23:12 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55964 |
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