“I Have To Disguise Myself”: Orientalism, Gyula Germanus, and pilgrimage as cultural capital, 1935–1965
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The present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious
appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim
world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires.
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Adam Mestyan
Assistant Professor of History
Adam Mestyan researches and teaches the history of empire and subordinated states
in the Arabic-speaking world, with a new focus on agriculture. Currently, he is undertaking
research for his third monograph, a history of fiscal sovereignty in modern Egypt
and Syria. He is interested in all aspects of global agricultural history, including
agrarian shari'a, envirotechnical bureaucracy, urban agriculture, food processing
chains, and war.His previous works in cultural and politi
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