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Technology and Religious Change

Islam and the Impact of Print

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ID3617730
AuthorsFrancis Robinson (0009-0007-3407-5114, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume27
Issue1
Pages229-251
Publication date1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x00016127
OpenAlexW2112326663
LanguageEN
Citations received116
References cited22

A historian, like any other scholar, incurs many debts. I am no exception. I would like to begin this occasion by acknowledging some of those debts. I have benefited greatly from the generosity of colleagues-from the generosity of colleagues in my particular field of Islamic and South Asian history in North America, Europe and the Subcontinent, but also from the generosity of historians in general. It is a great privilege to work amongst historians in the University of London, who form arguably the largest group of historians in the world, that work together

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Unique citing works116
Citations per year2,07
Citation span1970 - 2026 (57)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 111

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