Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca
Eileen Kane
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Description for Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35, 29 black & white halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
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 officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an opportunity. To support the hajj as a matter of state surveillance and control was controversial, given the preeminent position of the Orthodox Church. But nor could the hajj be ignored, ... Read more
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 officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an opportunity. To support the hajj as a matter of state surveillance and control was controversial, given the preeminent position of the Orthodox Church. But nor could the hajj be ignored, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
487g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801454233
SKU
V9780801454233
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About Eileen Kane
Eileen Kane is Associate Professor of History at Connecticut College.
Reviews for Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca
Eileen Kane's account of the Russian Hajj taps into a fascinating story that Daniel Brower had once called 'a blind spot in studies of Russian colonial rule' (Daniel Brower, 'Russian Roads to Mecca,' Slavic Review 55(3) (1996): 568)... Kane does an excellent job providing evidence to support her account of the Russian Hajj as one of 'toleration' and 'sponsorship' in ... Read more