Description
| Product ID: | 9780822370352 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Global and Insurgent Legalities |
| Title: | Across Oceans of Law |
| Subtitle: | The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire |
| Authors: | Author: Renisa Mawani |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Migration, immigration and emigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Legal history, Citizenship and nationality law, Immigration law, Legal history, Citizenship & nationality law, Immigration law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Renisa Mawani charts the story of the Komagata Maru—a steamship that left Hong Kong for Vancouver in 1914 carrying 376 Punjabi immigrants who were denied entry into Canada—to illustrate imperialism's racial, legal, spatial, and temporal dynamics and how oceans operate as sites of jurisdictional and colonial contest. |
| Imprint Name: | Duke University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Duke University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-08-17 |
