Pilgrimage, politics, and pestilence : the Haj from the Indian subcontinent, 1860-1920
Mishra, SaurabhAuthor
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Communicable diseases
Communicable Disease Control
Human Activities
Public Health
Religion
History, Modern 1601-
Environmental Health
Infection
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
History
Health Occupations
Environment and Public Health
Public Health Practice
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Humanities
Disciplines and Occupations
Diseases
Health Care
Travel
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Sanitation
Islam
Communicable Diseases
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Islam