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Community, empire and migration : South Asians in diaspora / edited by Crispin Bates.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Asians--Foreign countries.
- South Asians.
- South Asians--Ethnic identity.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Foreign countries.
- South Asia--Emigration and immigration.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, 2001.
- Summary:
- "South Asians in Diaspora" is a collection of essays concerning the history, politics, and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, as well as in the numerous overseas locations, such as Fiji, Africa, the Caribbean, and the US where South Asians migrated in the colonial period and after. It addresses the connections between migration, identity, and ethnic conflict from a comparative perspective, and highlights the role of share colonial experiences in producing "communal" solidarities and discord.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 031223595X
- 033380046X
- OCLC:
- 43718782
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