Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: Aspects of social identity in Hadhramawt and abroad
  • Chapter 1: Identity in Hadhrami Society
  • Chapter 2: Hadhrami emigration and the Mahjar
  • Part two: The ordering of life in town and country
  • Chapter 3: Urban and rural life in the interior
  • Chapter 4: Urban and rural life on the coast and its hinterland
  • Part three: Social institutions and the emergence of social criticism
  • Chapter 5: Rite of passage, ceremonies, and social critique
  • Chapter 6: Religious belief, practice, and education: tradition, revival, and critique
  • Part four: Politics, power, and conflict
  • Chapter 7: The two sultanates: rivals from inception to union (1880s to 1918)
  • Chapter 8: The Sultanates: challengers and reformers (1918 to 1936).