Across Oceans Of Law: The Komagata Maru And Jurisdiction In The Time Of Empire

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.

• | By (Author): Renisa Mawani
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822370352
• | ISBN-13: 9780822370352