Pilgrimage, politics, and pestilence [electronic resource] : the Haj from the Indian subcontinent, 1860-1920 / Saurabh Mishra.

Mishra, Saurabh, 1979-
Call Number
297.352
Author
Mishra, Saurabh, 1979-
Title
Pilgrimage, politics, and pestilence the Haj from the Indian subcontinent, 1860-1920 / Saurabh Mishra.
Publication
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (177 p.) : ill.
Summary
This book situates the Haj in the context of political commercial and medical developments in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows how Haj played an influential role in shaping medical policies and practices, debates and disease definitions.
Subject
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Saudi Arabia Mecca History.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Health aspects Saudi Arabia Mecca.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages India.
Communicable diseases Prevention.
Multimedia
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Summary
This book situates the Haj in the context of political commercial and medical developments in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows how Haj played an influential role in shaping medical policies and practices, debates and disease definitions.
Subject
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Saudi Arabia Mecca History.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Health aspects Saudi Arabia Mecca.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages India.
Communicable diseases Prevention.
Multimedia