Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Transliteration xvii
5. Preface xix
6. Introduction: An Early Modern Armenian Printing Revolution? 1
7. 1. Armenians on the Move 42
8. 2. “Paper Instruments,” Social Networking, and Mobility across the Early Modern Armenian Diaspora 76
9. 3. The Early Arrival of Print in Safavid Iran 115
10. 4. The Amsterdam Connection 148
11. 5. Print and Port-to-Port Mobility 190
12. 6. Reader Response and the Circulation of Mkhit‘arist Books across the Armenian Communities of the Early Modern Indian Ocean 226
13. 7. “There Is No One in Bengal Who Is Interested in Ancient Writings Such as Psalters, Breviaries, and So On” 249
14. 8. From London and Saint Petersburg to Astrakhan and Madras 288
15. 9. Print, Patronage, and the Rise of the Confessional Nation 330
16. Conclusion: Coda, or Books across Borders 370
17. Notes 379
18. Bibliography 469
19. Index 529