| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 379 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The California world history library ; 3
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California world history library ; 3.
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| Note |
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-357) and index. |
| Summary |
Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. |
| Contents |
Preface: Hadrawi society, an old diaspora -- I: BURIAL: The society of the absent -- Geography, a pathway through history -- A resolute localism -- Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a place of return -- II: GENEALOGICAL TRAVEL: Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world -- Hybrid texts: genealogy as light and as law -- Creole kingship: genealogy as gift -- Conclusion to Part II: Local cosmopolitans -- III: RETURNS: Return as pilgrimage -- Repatriation -- The view from the verandah -- Evictions -- Concluding remarks: Names beyond nations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) -- History.
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Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Tarīm (Yemen) -- Antiquities.
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Hadramawt (Yemen : Province) -- History. |
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Hadramawt (Yemen : Province) -- Emigration and immigration -- History. |
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Tarim (Yemen) -- Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ho, Engseng, 1961- Graves of Tarim. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520244532 0520244540 (DLC) 2005035585 (OCoLC)62533866 |
| ISBN |
9780520938694 (electronic book) |
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0520938690 (electronic book) |
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9781429467421 (electronic book) |
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1429467428 (electronic book) |
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0520904036 |
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9780520904033 |
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1282771825 |
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9781282771826 |
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9780520244535 |
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0520244532 |
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9780520244542 |
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0520244540 |
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