Anglo-Muslim relations in the late nineteenth century /
Diane Robinson-Dunn.
New York :
Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2006.
xiv, 225 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm.
Studies in imperialism
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
From desert caravans to Red Sea coasts : the British anti-slavery campaign in Egypt -- Networks of support : English activism and slavery redefined -- "The British Turk" and the "Christian harem" : imperial ideology in English gender politics -- Islam in England.
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"This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late nineteenth century. It considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, and examines the ways in which the assumptions and dominant imperialist discourses of these abolitionists were challenged by the newly-established Muslim communities in England, and by English people who converted to, or were sympathetic towards, Islam. While previous scholars have treated anti-slavery activity in Egypt as primarily an extension of earlier efforts to abolish plantation slavery in the New World, this book considers it in terms of encounters with Islam during a period which it argues marked a new departure in Anglo-Muslim relations. This approach illuminates the role of Islam in the creation of English national identities within the global cultural system of the British Empire."--BOOK JACKET.
Antislavery movements-- Egypt.
Christianity and other religions-- Islam.
Islam-- Relations-- Christianity.
Prostitution-- Egypt-- History-- 19th century.
Prostitution-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Abschaffung.
Abschaffung.
Antislavery movements-- Egypt.
Antislavery movements.
Christianity and other religions-- Islam.
Christianity.
Diplomatic relations.
Einwanderer.
Einwanderer.
Harem.
Harem.
Interfaith relations.
Islam-- Relations-- Christianity.
Islam.
Muslim.
Muslim.
Nationalbewusstsein.
Nationalbewusstsein.
Prostitution-- Egypt-- History-- 19th century.
Prostitution-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.