Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States : Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia.

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Author / Creator:	Bezabeh, Samson A.
Imprint:	La Vergne : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (186 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Ethnology -- Ethiopia. Ethnology -- Djibouti. Yemenis -- Ethiopia. Yemenis -- Djibouti. Ethnology. Yemenis. Djibouti. Ethiopia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542353

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ISBN:	1617977055 9781617977053
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record. Bibliography
Summary:	Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States draws on rich ethnographic and historical research to examine the interaction of the Yemeni diaspora with states and empires in Djibouti and Ethiopia from the early twentieth century, when European powers began to colonize the region. In doing so, it aims to counter a dominant perspective in Indian Ocean studies that regards migrants across the region as by-products of personal networks and local oceanic systems, which according to most scholarship led to cosmopolitan spaces and hybrid cultures. Elegantly combining theoretical readings with extensive empi.
Other form:	Print version: Bezabeh, Samson A. Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States : Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia La Vergne : The American University in Cairo Press,c2016

Table of Contents:

Intro
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Maps
1. Introduction
Part I: Regulating Spaces
2. Disciplining the Natives
3. Nationalized Spaces: Yemeni Mobility in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Part II: The Shaping of Yemenis' Opportunities
4. Entrepreneurs, Laborers, and Smugglers: Yemenis in the Economy of States/Empires
5. Colonial Intermediaries, Emperors, Abettors, and Enemies of the People
6. State Vision, Imperial Hierarchies: Being a Muslim Yemeni
7. Conclusion
Notes

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