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Author Yahaya, Nurfadzilah, 1980- author.

Title Fluid jurisdictions colonial law and Arabs in Southeast Asia / Nurfadzilah Yahaya.

Publication Info. Ithaca Cornell University Press 2020.
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Establishing Legal Domain -- The Lure of Bureaucracy: British Administration of Islamic Law in the Straits Settlements -- Surat Kuasa: Powers of Attorney Across the Indian Ocean -- Resident Aliens: Exclusions of Arabs in the Netherlands Indies -- Legal Incompetence: Jurisdictional Complications in the Netherlands Indies -- Constructing the Index of Arabs: Colonial Imaginaries in Southeast Asia -- The Limitations of Diasporic Religious Trusts
Summary "Explores how the Arab diaspora's ambiguous embrace of European colonial authority in Southeast Asia extended colonial jurisdictions across the Indian Ocean from the late nineteenth century onwards"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Straits Settlements.
Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Arabs.
Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Indonesia.
Indonesia.
Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia -- History.
Imperialism -- Social aspects.
Southeast Asia.
History.
Imperialism.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Race relations -- History.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
Asia.
Race relations.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Race relations -- History.
Netherlands.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions -- History.
Social conditions.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.
British colonies.
Netherlandish colonies.
Asia -- Straits Settlements.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version Yahaya, Nurfadzilah, 1980- Fluid jurisdictions Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501750878 (DLC) 2020000459 (OCoLC)1128444189
ISBN 9781501750885 electronic book
1501750895 electronic book
9781501750892 electronic book
1501750887 electronic book
9781501750878 hardcover
1501750879 hardcover