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Old Islam in Detroit : rediscovering the Muslim American past

Call Numbers

  • 297 H8595 (CEN)
  • H 297 H8595 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Physical Description

xv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • List of illustrations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The lost history of America's first mosque
  • 3. They are orientals and love the east: locating Muslims in the racial hierarchies of Detroit, 1922-1930
  • 4. Dearborn's first mosques
  • 5. Doctors of the soul: building Detroit's mid-century mosques
  • 6. Homegrown Muslim leaders: convergences of race and class
  • 7. Raising the bar: movements of revival and change
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography.