Indian Ocean migrants and state formation in Hadhramaut : : reforming the homeland / / by Ulrike Freitag.
Based on Hadhrami and British sources, as well as on fieldwork in Yemen and Indonesia, this text traces the ways in which members of the diaspora and travelers interacted with the homeland through their remittances, political initiatives and the introduction of new ideas and institutions.
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| Superior document: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 87 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
v. 87. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 589 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Maps, Tables, Figures and Photographs; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration and Terminology; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The setting: Hadhramaut and the diaspora in the 19th century; CHAPTER TWO: Scholars, mystics and merchants: reformers and politicians in early and mid-19th century Wadi Hadhramaut; CHAPTER THREE: Sultans, notables and dawla: approaches to state building in Kathīrī and Qu'aytī lands (1840's-1920's); CHAPTER FOUR: Hadhrami migrants and reform in the Muslim world (c. 1860s-1920s)
- CHAPTER FIVE: The Hadhrami 'renaissance' in South East Asia (1880's-1930's)CHAPTER SIX: Social criticism and reform in Hadhramaut, 1880's-mid 1930's; CHAPTER SEVEN: The al-KĀf road to Ingrams' peace: political developments in Hadhramaut, 1918-1937; CHAPTER EIGHT: Contested reform: development in Hadhramaut under British tutelage, 1937-1960s; CHAPTER NINE: The emergence of new elites and the demise of empire; Annexes; Bibliography; Index