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Key	BIB39591
Reference type	Book
Title	Empire of Many Cultures : Bahá'ís, Muslims, Jews and the British state, 1900-20
Series title	Studies in Imperialism
Author	Robinson-Dunn, Diane
Year	2024
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Place published	Manchester, UK
ISBN	1526169215 9781526169211
Abstract	Based upon extensive archival research and bringing to life the words and actions of extraordinary individuals from the early 20th century, this book calls into question contemporary assumptions about the appreciation of diversity as a solely postcolonial phenomenon. It shows how Bahá’í, Muslim, and Jewish leaders prior to and during WWI found value in the existence of many different religions, races, languages, nations, and ethnicities within the British Empire. Recognition of this heterogeneity combined with sympathy for certain liberal traditions allowed those historical actors to engage with that imperial state and culture in ways that would have an impact on future generations and relevance to modern debates.
Notes	CONTENTS: Introduction: valuing diversity in an empire of many cultures; 1 From precarity to prominence: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the cultivation of British Bahá'í networks in England and the Middle East; 2 Planting the "banner of Islam" in the "heart of the British Empire": Muslim missionaries from India solidify their new base in England during a time of crisis; 3 Zionist debates among Jews in England take a new imperial turn; Conclusion: some comparisons some reflections.
Language	English
Keywords	BRITISH EMPIRE; 'ABDU'L-BAHA; MUSLIMS; JEWS; 1900-1920; DIVERSITY; COSMOPOLITANISM
Number of pages	xv, 256
Accession number	ocn1399461611

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