Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire
(Part of the Global and Insurgent Legalities Series)
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In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into Canada and two months later were deported to Calcutta. In Across Oceans of Law Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the Komagata Maru. Drawing on "oceans as method"--a...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822370352
ISBN13:9780822370352
Release Date:August 2018
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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