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The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean

Title
The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean / Engseng Ho.
Author
Ho, Engseng, 1961-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006], ©2006.
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Description
xxvi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The California world history library ; 3
Uniform Title
California world history library ; 3.
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Note
  • "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--1st printed p.
  • "A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Pbk. ed, p. [4] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-357) and index.
Contents
Preface : Hadrami society, an old diaspora -- I. Burial -- 1. The society of the absent -- 2. Geography, a pathway through history -- 3. A resolute localism -- Conclusion to Part I : making Tarim a place of return -- II. Genealogical travel -- 4. Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world -- 5. Hybrid texts : genealogy as light and as law -- 6. Creole kinship : genealogy as gift -- Conclusion to Part II : local cosmopolitans -- III. Returns -- 7. Return as pilgrimage -- 8. Repatriation -- 9. The view from the verandah -- 10. Evictions -- Concluding remarks : names beyond nations.
ISBN
  • 0520244532 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520244540 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520244535 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520244542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005035585
  • 99937095774
OCLC
  • ocm62533866\
  • 62533866
  • SCSB-5282990
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries