South Asians overseas : migration and ethnicity /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
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| Description: | xx, 375 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Comparative ethnic and race relations Comparative ethnic and race relations series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1027371 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Preface
- Introduction: themes in the study of the South Asian diaspora
- Part I. South Asians in Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts: Introduction
- 1. Indians in Southeast Asia: imperial auxiliaries
- 2. Women under indenture in colonial Natal, 1860-1911
- 3. Indians in the French Overseas Departments: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Singaravélou
- 4. Oil boom and recession in Trinidad Indian villages
- 5. The Fiji Indians: marooned at home
- 6. The political position of Indians in South Africa
- 7. East African Asians through a hundred years
- Part II. South Asians in Contemporary Western Countries and the Middle East: Introduction
- 8. South Asian countries as competitors on the world labour market
- 9. Asian Indians in the United States: a geographic appraisal
- 10. Migration and kinship: the differential effect of marriage rules on the processes of Punjabi migration to Britain
- 11. Transcontinental families - Gujarat and Lancashire: a comparative study
- 12. Boom and gloom: the success and failure of South Asians in Britain
- 13. The participation of Asians in the British political system
- 14. Bangladeshi community organisation and leadership in Tower Hamlets, East London
- 15. Manchester Pakistanis: division and unity
- Author index
- Subject index