The British Empire and the Hajj : 1865-1956 / John Slight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slight, John, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Communication.

Communication--Social aspects.

Communism--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Communism.

Communism--Social aspects.

Crime--China--History--20th century.

Crime.

Discontent--Social aspects--China--History--20th century.

Discontent.

Discontent--Social aspects.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--History--20th century.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--History.

Political participation--China--History--20th century.

Political participation.

Politics and culture--China--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Power (Social sciences)--China--History--20th century.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The British Empire governed more than half the world’s Muslims. John Slight traces the empire’s complex interactions with the Hajj—the annual pilgrimage to Mecca—from the 1860s, when an outbreak of cholera led Britain to engage reluctantly in medical regulation of pilgrims, to the Suez Crisis of 1956. He gives voice to pilgrims and officials alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Contexts

2. Pilgrimage in the Mid-Victorian Era, c. 1865–1900

3. Pilgrimage in the Edwardian Era, 1901–1914

4. The First World War and the Hashemite Interregnum, 1914–1924

5. Britain and the Hajj under Saudi Control, 1924–1939

6. Hajj from the Far Ends of Britain’s Muslim Empire, 1924–1939

Epilogue: Hajj in the Time of War and Decolonization, 1939–1956

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Glossary

Archival Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-674-49502-0

OCLC:

952799235