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Namasté America : Indian immigrants in an American metropolis / Padma Rangaswamy.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F548.9.E2 R36 2000
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rangaswamy, Padma, 1945-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
East Indian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History.
East Indian Americans.
East Indian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions.
East Indian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Ethnic identity.
Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic relations.
Chicago (Ill.).
City dwellers.
Social history.
Asian Americans.
Urban Population.
Social Conditions.
Asian.
Emigration and Immigration.
United States.
India.
social history.
East Indian Americans--Ethnic identity.
East Indian Americans--Social conditions.
Ethnic relations.
Illinois--Chicago.
Medical Subjects:
Urban Population.
Social Conditions.
Asian.
Emigration and Immigration.
United States.
India.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xviii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2000.
Contents:
Indians at Home and Abroad
The Indian Oikumene and Its Heartland
The American Context: From Pariah to Elite
The Chicago Community
The Attraction of a Metropolitan Region
The Quantitative Profile: Responses to a Survey
Voices and Countervoices
Astride Many Worlds: The Women
Caught in Limbo: The Youth
In Search of Security: The Elderly
Strategies of Survival and Growth
Preserving the Core: Cultural Institutions
Building Infrastructure: Religious Institutions
Forging New Links: Business and Politics
Pursuing Special Interests: Professional Groups and the Media.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
ISBN:
0271019808
9780271019802
0271019816
9780271019819
OCLC:
41320115

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