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Islam and Healing : Loss and Recovery of an Indo-Muslim Medical Tradition, 1600-1900 /

Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alavi, Seema (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
History.
Asian History.
Cultural History.
History of Religion.
History of Science.
Modern History.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Religion > History.
Social history.
Asia > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 384 pages)
ISBN:9780230583771
DOI:10.1057/9780230583771