Hadhramaut and Its Diaspora : Yemeni Politics, Identity and Migration.

Cover -- Author bio -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I Hadhramis in Yemen -- 1 Hadhramaut in Yemeni Politics since the 1960s -- Hadhramaut in South Arabia -- Hadhramaut in the PDRY -- Hadhramaut, the YAR and Yemeni Unity -- The Saleh Regime -- Hadhramaut and Yemeni Unity -- Hadhramaut in a United Yemen -- The Saleh Regime Strengthens - and Weakens -- The Rise of the Marginalised -- The Huthis -- Al Qaeda -- The Southern Movement (Al-Hirak) -- The Yemeni Spring of 2011 -- The GCC Deal -- Failure of the GCC Deal -- The Transition and Hadhramaut -- The Huthis Take Power -- War -- Impact on Hadhramaut -- Terrorism in Hadhramaut -- Longer-Term Consequences of the War -- Hadhramaut in a Federal Yemen -- Hadhramaut in an Independent South -- An Independent Hadhramaut -- Notes -- 2 Hadhrami 'Exceptionalism': Attempts at an Explanation -- Hadhrami Exceptionalism? -- The Making of Modern Hadhrami Identity -- The Anti-Colonial Movement in Hadhramaut -- Notes -- 3 Hadhramaut: Social Structure, Agriculture and Migration -- Hadhrami Social Structure -- Social Aspects of Land Tenure up to 1967 -- Land Reform during the PDRY: Social Upheaval -- Unification and Its Impact on Land Tenure -- Land and Social Structure in Hadhramaut in the 1990s -- Emigration: A Fundamental Feature of Hadhrami Life -- Part II Hadhramis in the Diaspora -- 4 The Atlas of Sayyid Uthman ibn Abd Allah ibn Yahya of Batavia (1822-1914) -- Lithography -- The Atlas -- Date -- Contents -- Users of the Atlas -- L. W. C. van den Berg -- M. J. de Goeje -- Various Audiences -- Notes -- 5 'Revival' of the Hadhrami Diaspora? Networking through Religious Figures in Indonesia -- Hadhramaut and Foreign Visitors: The Current Situation.

Connections between Hadhramaut and Indonesia: Observations, 2014-15 -- Umar bin Hafiz -- Salim al-Shatiri -- Publications on Hadhrami Religious Figures in Indonesian -- The Accessibility of Southeast Asia from Hadhramaut -- From the General Truce to the Independence of the South (1937-90) -- Unified Yemen (1990 to the Present) -- Notes -- 6 Arab Muslim Migrants in the Colonial Philippines: The Hadhramaut Connection -- Hadhrami Connections from the 'Mists of Time' -- Officials in the Moro Sultanates -- Resistance to Colonialism -- Collaboration with Colonialism -- Independent Ulama and Islamic Reform -- Trade and Shipping -- The Hadhrami Presence after Independence in 1946 -- * -- Notes -- 7 Scimitar for Hire: Yemeni Fighters Abroad -- Yemenis Abroad -- Sword for Hire -- The Status of Yemeni Soldiers -- The Colonial Era -- Hyderabad -- The Post-Colonial Era -- Patterns of Recruitment -- Islamist Fighters -- Hadhramis as Fighters? -- Muwalladin as Fighters -- Local Soldiers as Communications Channels -- Notes -- 8 Citizenship and Belonging among the Hadhramis of Kenya -- Making Hadhramis -- Formal Citizenship after Independence -- Hadhramis as Hadhramis -- Hadhramis as Kenyans, Hadhramis as Yemenis -- Notes -- 9 Diaspora or Network? The Hadhrami Diaspora Reconsidered through the Lens of Trade -- 'Diaspora' and Network Analysis -- From Diaspora to Network Analysis -- Opening the Diasporic Network of Trade -- Conducting Business Outside the Diaspora -- Hadhrami Networks -- Notes -- 10 Rediscovering Hadhramaut: Paradigms of Research -- Defining 'Diaspora' -- The Hadhrami Diaspora As I Saw It -- Historicising Globalisation -- Indian Ocean Migrations: Early Historical Realities -- Hadhramaut before the 'Long Sixteenth Century' -- Understanding Historical Agency -- Being Muslim in an Indian Ocean World -- Towards some Basic Perspectives.

Conclusion: Research Issues Concerning Hadhramaut -- Critical Research Issues -- Historical -- Migration and Destination -- The Impact on Hadhrami Society -- Hadhramaut's Relations with North and South Yemen -- Note -- Part III Research Issues -- 10 Rediscovering Hadhramaut: Paradigms of Research -- Defining 'Diaspora' -- The Hadhrami Diaspora As I Saw It -- Historicising Globalisation -- Indian Ocean Migrations: Early Historical Realities -- Hadhramaut before the 'Long Sixteenth Century' -- Understanding Historical Agency -- Being Muslim in an Indian Ocean World -- Towards some Basic Perspectives -- Index.

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