Title The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society / Brinkley Messick.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993]
	©1993

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 341 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 16
	Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 16.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index.
Summary	In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late 19th century to the present.
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Subject	Islam -- Yemen (Republic)
	Islam.
	Yemen (Republic)
	Manuscripts, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- Public opinion.
	Manuscripts, Arabic.
	Public opinion.
	Islamic law -- Yemen (Republic)
	Islamic law.
	Yemen (Republic) -- Civilization -- 20th century.
	Civilization.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Diplomatics, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- History.
	Diplomatics, Arabic.
	History.
	Public opinion -- Yemen (Republic)
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Messick, Brinkley Morris. Calligraphic state. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993 0520205154 (DLC) 91044118 (OCoLC)24952868
ISBN	9780520917828 (electronic book)
	0520917820 (electronic book)
	0585130701 (electronic book)
	9780585130705 (electronic book)
	9780520205154
	0520205154
	9780520076051 (alkaline paper)
	0520076052 (alkaline paper)
	0520205154 (paperback)
	0520076052 (cloth ; alkaline paper)