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100 1 $aFreitag, Ulrike.
245 10 $aIndian Ocean migrants and state formation in Hadhramaut :$breforming the homeland /$cby Ulrike Freitag.
260 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c2003.
300 $axv, 589 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aSocial, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;$vv. 87
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [537]-563) and index.
520 8 $aAnnotation$bLocated on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, the region of Hadhramaut underwent significant political, economic, and social change in the 19th and 20th centuries. This handsomely bound volume examines those changes, describing how members of the elite attempted to modernize their homeland through remittances, political initiatives, and the introduction of new ideas and institutions. Freitag, who teaches Islamic studies at Freie U., in Berlin, also discusses the impact of British imperial rule both on the lands of the diaspora and on Hadhramaut in terms of state and institution building. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
520 8 $aAnnotation$bThe author discusses the modern history of Hadhramaut in a novel way. Linked to the Indian Ocean through a long history of migration, she traces the ways in which members of the diaspora and travellers interacted with the homeland through their remittances, political initiatives and the introduction of new ideas and institutions. The book is based on a wide range of hitherto unused Hadhrami and British sources as well as on fieldwork in Yemen and Indonesia. Exemplary life-histories of merchants and scholars illustrate the wide range of concerns for the establishment of stable polities in a tribal society. This is linked to the careful analysis of the impact of imperial rule both in the lands of the diaspora and in Hadhramaut in chapters focussing on state- and institution-formation. Developments in Hadhramaut are regarded as a prism for the development of modernity in the wider Muslim and Indian Ocean worlds which was adapted to local conditions and needs.
651 0 $aḤaḍramawt (Yemen : Province)$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory.
651 0 $aḤaḍramawt (Yemen : Province)$xPolitics and government.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aFreitag, Ulrike.$tIndian Ocean migrants and state formation in Hadhramaut.$dLeiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, ©2003$w(OCoLC)603725373
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFreitag, Ulrike.$tIndian Ocean migrants and state formation in Hadhramaut.$dLeiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, ©2003$w(OCoLC)609067962
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