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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 and considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, the position of newly-established Muslim communities in that country, and Orientalist representations of the harem.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. From desert caravans to Red Sea coasts: the British anti-slavery campaign in Egypt
3. Networks of support: English activism and slavery redefined
4. 'The British Turk' and the 'Christian Harem': imperial ideology in English gender politics
5. Islam in England
6. Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Diane Robinson-Dunn is a Professor of History at the University of Detroit Mercy
Zusammenfassung
This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late nineteenth-century and considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, the position of newly-established Muslim communities in that country, and Orientalist representations of the harem. -- .
