Russian Hajj : : Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca / / Eileen Kane.
In the late nineteenth century, as a consequence of imperial conquest and a mobility revolution, Russia became a crossroads of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist offici...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) :; 29 b&w halftones, 6 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface: Sources and Maps
- Introduction: Russia as a Crossroads of the Global Hajj
- 1. Imperialism through Islamic Networks
- 2. Mapping the Hajj, Integrating Muslims
- 3. Forging a Russian Hajj Route
- 4. The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905
- 5. The Hajj and Socialist Revolution
- Conclusion: Russian Hajj in the Twenty-First Century
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index