{"product_id":"across-oceans-of-law-renisa-mawani-9780822370352","title":"Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire","description":"In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship \u003ci\u003eKomagata Maru\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAcross Oceans of Law\u003c\/i\u003e Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the \u003ci\u003eKomagata Maru\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on \"oceans as method\"--a mode of thinking and writing that repositions land and sea--Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds. Through close readings of the ship, the manifest, the trial, and the anticolonial writings of Singh and others, Mawani argues that the \u003ci\u003eKomagata Maru\u003c\/i\u003e's landing raised urgent questions regarding the jurisdictional tensions between the common law and admiralty law, and, ultimately, the legal status of the sea. By following the movements of a single ship and bringing oceans into sharper view, Mawani traces British imperial power through racial, temporal, and legal contests and offers a novel method of writing colonial legal history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Renisa Mawani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822370352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822370352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019","brand":"Renisa Mawani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988297089279,"sku":"9780822370352","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6ad9740-9bf4-4d39-8fd5-743e29fbf92f.jpg?v=1683293739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-oceans-of-law-renisa-mawani-9780822370352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}