Channelling mobilities migration and globalisation in the Suez Canal region and beyond, 1869-1914 /

Huber, Valeska, 1980-

Channelling mobilities migration and globalisation in the Suez Canal region and beyond, 1869-1914 / Valeska Huber. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : mobility and its limits -- Rites de passage and perceptions of global space -- Regimes of passage : troops in the canal zone -- Companies and workers -- Bedouin and caravans -- Dhows and slave trading in the Red Sea -- Mecca pilgrims under imperial surveillance -- Contagious mobility and the filtering of disease -- Rights of passage and the identification of individuals -- Conclusion : rites de passage and rights of passage in the Suez Canal region and beyond.



9781107250307


Migration, Internal--History.--Egypt--Suez Canal Region
Trade routes--History.--Egypt--Suez Canal Region
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.--Egypt--Suez Canal Region


Electronic Books.

HB2121 / .C436 2013