Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia: An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature

by Frode F. Jacobsen

Book Overview

This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization. For centuries migration has played a vital part in Hadrami adaptation. External forces, such as the expanding powers of the Portugese in the Indian Ocean and the Turkish conquering Yemen, and internal forces like poverty, droughts and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113897563X
• ISBN13: 9781138975637
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"