Indian diaspora in West Asia : a reader / edited by Prakash C. Jain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jain, Prakash C. (Prakash Chand), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--Middle East--History.

East Indians.

History.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

340 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007.

Summary:

Contributed articles.

Contents:

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Prakash C. Jain

Part I: Past

1. Indian Diaspora in West Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Surendra Gopal

2. India's Impact on the Gulf's Economic and Socio-Cultural Life during the British Era

Abdulla Elmadani

3. The Indian Merchant

Community of Masqat

Calvin H. Allen, Jr.

4. Merchants' Role in a Changing Society: The Case of Dubai, 1900,90

Fatma Al-Sayegh

5. My Life and Work in Dubai

Maganmal J. Pancholia

6. Indian Diaspora in Yemen

Part II: Present

7. International Migration and Development: Indians in the Persian Gulf

Myron Weiner

8. An 'Incipient' Diaspora: Indians in the Gulf Region

9. Aspects of Indian Labour Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates

K.C. Zachariah, B.A. Prakash and S. Irudaya RajaH

10. South Asians in the Gulf: Aspects of Ethnic Encounter

Akbar S. Ahmed

11. The Orphaned Non-Resident Indian

Ram Buxani

12. Ethnicity and Marginality: A Study of Indian Jewish Immigrants in Israel

Margaret Abraham

Part III: Summing Up

13. Indian Diaspora in West Asia

High Level Committee, Government of India

Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

8173047278

9788173047275

OCLC:

185021778