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Cosmopolitan connections : the Sindhi diaspora, 1860-2000 / by Mark-Anthony Falzon.
Van Pelt Library DS432.S64 F35 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Falzon, Mark-Anthony.
- Series:
- International comparative social studies 1568-4474 ; v. 9.
- International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sindhi (South Asian people)--Migrations--History--20th century.
- Sindhi (South Asian people).
- Sindhi (South Asian people)--Commerce--History--20th century.
- Sindhi (South Asian people)--Migrations--History--19th century.
- Sindhi (South Asian people)--Commerce--History--19th century.
- Commerce.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
- Summary:
- This accessible book draws on anthropological fieldwork conducted in a number of sites to explore the relation between mobility, cosmopolitanism, and commerce. It is pioneering in that it looks at Sindhis, a widespread group that has so far been largely ignored by anthopologists.
- Notes:
- Based on doctoral work conducted at the University of Cambridge between 1997 and 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-289) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004140085
- OCLC:
- 55066994
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