Roots & reflections : South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyer ; foreword by Deepa Banerjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhatt, Amy.

Contributor:

Iyer, Nalini.

South Asian Oral History Project.

University of Washington. Libraries.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asian Americans--Northwest, Pacific--Social conditions.

South Asian Americans.

Immigrants--Northwest, Pacific--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

South Asian Americans--Northwest, Pacific--Interviews.

Immigrants--Northwest, Pacific--Interviews.

Oral history--Northwest, Pacific.

Oral history.

Community life--Northwest, Pacific.

Community life.

Northwest, Pacific--Biography.

Northwest, Pacific.

Northwest, Pacific--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press in association with the South Asian Oral History Project and the University of Washington Libraries, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immigrants from South Asia first began settling in Washington and Oregon in the nineteenth century, but because of restrictions placed on Asian immigration to the United States in the early twentieth century, the vast majority have come to the region since World War II. Roots and Reflections uses oral history to show how South Asian immigrant experiences were shaped by the region and how they differed over time and across generations. It includes the stories of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka who arrived from the end of World War II through the 1980s.Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHjtOvH0YdU&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw&index=3&feature=plcp

Contents:

Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest

"Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations

Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival

Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training

All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity

Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences

Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest

Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies

Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project

Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295804552

0295804556

OCLC:

828869766