List of Illustrations Preface: Making History in Hadhramawt Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE. Aspects of Social Indentity in Hadhramawt and Abroad 1. Identity in Hadhrami Society 2. Hadhrami Emigration and the Mahjar PART TWO. The Ordering of Life in Town and Country 3. Urban and Rural Life in the Interior 4. Urban and Rural Life on the Coast and Its Hinterland PART THREE. Social Institutions and the Emergence of Social Criticism 5. Rites of Passage, Ceremonies, and Social Critique 6. Religious Belief, Practice, and Education: Tradition, Revival, and Critique PART FOUR. Politics, Power, and Conflict 7. The Two Sultanates: Rivals from Inception to Union (1880s to 1918) 8. The Sultanates: Challengers and Reformers (1918 to 1936) Conclusion Appendix A Rulers of Hadhramawt, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Appendix B Qu'ayti-Kathiri Agreement of 1918 (the Aden Agreement) Notes Selected Bibliography, English and European Languages Selected Bibliography, Arabic Language Index
Linda Boxberger is an independent scholar, with extensive experience teaching and conducting research in Yemen. She received her Ph.D. in history from The University of Texas at Austin.
"Boxberger's study meticulously describes major aspects of the everyday existence and social and religious behavior of the Hadhramis and documents the severe hardships and deprivations suffered by the Hadhrami populace over the centuries." - Middle East Studies Association Bulletin "The great virtue of Boxberger's ... perspective on Hadhramawti society ... is ... to show precisely how widespread migration[,] and thus at least indirect participation in the colonial order can contribute to stability in the parent society." - Journal of World History "On the Edge of Empire provides a full description of the complex society of Hadhramawt from the 1880s to the 1930s, with careful attention paid to the nuances of its changes. This is a remarkable tale based on extraordinary research utilizing difficult sources, most of which have never been used by scholars before." - William Ochsenwald, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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