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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101350299677
ISBN-139781350299672
eBay Product ID (ePID)13070476051
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIslam and Muslims in Victorian Britain : New Perspectives
Publication Year2025
SubjectIslam / History, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorJamie Gilham
SeriesIslam of the Global West Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"From the royal family to the Victorian bookshop, from the streets of London to Merseyside and Manchester, Muslims were part of the fabric of 19th century British society. This collection offers a value compendium of the where and when Muslims were to be found in the very recesses of national and imperial life." -- Antoinette Burton, Professor of History, University of Illinois, USA "An inspiring collection of essays that engages with varied archives and little-known histories to reveal a fascinating array of individuals engaging with Islam or experiencing Muslim lives in Victorian Britain. The chapters take us from Queen Victoria's court and Anglo-Ottoman politics to Syrian traders, a dispossessed Nawab of Bengal and Muslim philanthropy on Christmas Day. From this book, we receive an understanding of modern Britain that is at once global, pluralistic, antagonistic, generous and resilient." -- Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Professor of Global History, University of Sheffield, UK "[A] delightful read containing eleven insightful chapters on an array of distinctive topics. A line up of acclaimed academics who have produced these informative contributions offer further credence to understanding the significance of Islam during the Victorian era in Britain." --Ruqaiyah Hibell, The Islamic Foundation, The Muslim World Book Review
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal297.094109034
Table Of ContentContents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on Quotations and Spelling Introduction, Jamie Gilham, Independent Historian, UK Part I: Discourse and Representations 1: The Royal Family's Attitudes toward Islam and Muslims during the Reign of Queen Victoria, A. Martin Wainwright (University of Akron, USA) 2: Rival Views on the Eastern Question, Muslims and Islam: William Ewart Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli and Anglo-Ottoman Relations, Clinton Bennett (State University of New York at New Paltz, USA) 3: Thomas Carlyle, Islam, Empire and After, Geoffrey P. Nash (Independent Scholar, UK) 4: 'Permission to Go and See the Ancient City': Women Travellers' Encounters with Islam in the Nineteenth Century, Anne-Marie Beller and Kerry Featherstone (Loughborough University, UK) 5: Translators, Publishers and Popular Readerships: The Qur'an on the Victorian Bookshelf, Alexander Bubb (Roehampton University, UK) Part II: Muslim Lives 6: Saiyid Mustafa Ben-Yusuf, an Arab Muslim Convert to Christianity in Victorian Britain Jamie Gilham ( Independent Historian, UK) 7: From Arab Millet to British Islam: Syrian Muslims in Victorian Manchester, Riordan Macnamara (University of Paris-Saclay, France) 8: The Last Nawab of Bengal: India and England, 1838-84, Emeritus Professor Lyn Innes (University of Kent, UK) 9: Maulana Muhammad Barakatullah Bhopali in Late-Victorian England, Professor Humayun Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) 10: Feeding Hungry Christians: The Liverpool Muslim Institute on Christmas Day Brent Singleton (California State University, USA) 11: Authority and Legitimacy in Victorian Liverpool: Re-evaluating Abdullah Quilliam's Title of 'Sheikh-ul-Islam of the British Isles', Matthew Sharp (Independent Historian, USA) Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index
SynopsisJamie Gilham collates the work of leading and emerging scholars of Islam in Britain, Christian-Muslim relations and Victorian Studies to offer fresh perspectives on Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain. The contributors reveal 19th-century attitudes and beliefs about Islam and Muslims to demonstrate the plurality of approaches and representations of Islam in Britain's past. Also bringing to life the stories and voices of early Muslim settlers and converts to Islam, this book examines the lived experience of Muslims in the Victorian period. Sources include political and academic writings, literature, travelogues, the press and other forms of popular culture. Intersectional themes include religion and religiosity, 'race' and ethnicity, gender, class, citizenship, empire and imperialism, and prejudice, discrimination and resilience.
