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Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Francis Edward Peters
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:520
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreIslam
ISBN/Barcode 9780691600840
ClassificationsDewey:953.8
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 23 halftones

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 21 March 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Med

Reviews

Honorable Mention for the 1994 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers "Full of informative detail, and with substantial notes and bibliography, [Peters'] work is a true scholar's guidebook to further study."--Library Journal "[F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina throughout the ages."--J. B. Kelly, National Review "The author ... has sought to assemble, arrange, and explain the accounts of Muslims as well as non-Muslims--from sincere to fraudulent--about the Holy Land... F. E. Peters has definitely succeeded in accomplishing his goal... [He] has definitely done an outstanding job of explaining the accounts of various travelers to the Holy Land."--The Historian