Channelling mobilities : migration and globalisation in the Suez Canal region and beyond, 1869-1914 / Valeska Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Valeska, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Egypt--Suez Canal Region--History.

Migration, Internal.

Trade routes--Egypt--Suez Canal Region--History.

Trade routes.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Egypt--Suez Canal Region--History.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.

History.

Suez Canal Region (Egypt)--History.

Suez Canal Region (Egypt).

Egypt--Suez Canal Region.

Physical Description:

xiii, 365 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction : mobility and its limits

Rites de passage and perceptions of global space

Regimes of passage : troops in the canal zone

Companies and workers

Bedouin and caravans

Dhows and slave trading in the Red Sea

Mecca pilgrims under imperial surveillance

Contagious mobility and the filtering of disease

Rights of passage and the identification of individuals

Conclusion : rites de passage and rights of passage in the Suez Canal region and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107030602

1107030609

OCLC:

812840965

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