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Leaving India : my family's journey from five villages to five continents / Minal Hajratwala.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hajratwala, Minal.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hajratwala, Minal.
- Hajratwala, Minal--Family.
- Gujarati Americans--Biography.
- Gujarati Americans.
- Children of immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Children of immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- Immigrants--Biography.
- Families.
- United States.
- India.
- East Indians--Migrations.
- East Indians.
- India--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
- Summary:
- Beginning with her great-grandfather's original flight from British-occupied India to Fiji, the author follows her ancestors across the twentieth century to explain how they came to be spread across five continents and nine countries, delving into the relationship between personal choice and the great historical forces that helped shape her family's experiences, and bringing to light the story of the Indian diaspora.
- Contents:
- Water
- "Coolies"
- Cloth
- Bread
- Subjects
- Salt
- Story
- Citizens
- Brains
- Shelter
- Body
- Destiny.
- Notes:
- Author was educated in New Zealand.
- Includes bibliographical references to New Zealand.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-416) and index.
- Lambda Literary Awards - Bisexual Non-Fiction, Winner, 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780618251292
- 0618251294
- OCLC:
- 231588335
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