Culture and economy in the Indian diaspora /

Culture and economy in the Indian diaspora / edited by Bhikhu Parekh, Gurharpal Singh and Steven Vertovec. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations - Transnationalism . - Transnationalism. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Chota Bharat, Mauritius: the myth and the reality; Hinduism in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Culture and economy: Tamils on the plantation frontier in Malaysia revisited, 1998 1999; Diaspora and citizenship: forgotten routes of identity in Lanka; Culture and economy in an 'incipient' diaspora: Indians in the Persian Gulf region; The politics of 'cultural renaissance' among Indo-Trinidadians; Indians at home in the Antipodes: migrating with Ph. D.s, bytes or kava in their bags. Indian immigrants in the United States: the emergence of a transnational populationImagining Indian diasporas in Canada: an epic without a text?; The South Asian presence in Britain and its transnational connections; Index.

Examines the Indian diaspora in Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, Trinidad, Australia, the US, Canada and the UK and the core issues of demography, economy, culture and future development.

0203398297 (electronic bk.) 9780203398296 (electronic bk.) 9781134490523 (electronic bk.) 1134490526 (electronic bk.) 9780415270052 0415270057 9781134490530 (e-book ; PDF) 1134490534 9781134490486 (e-book ; Mobi) 1134490488 (Cloth)

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East Indians--Foreign countries.
East Indians--Social conditions.--Foreign countries
East Indians--Intellectual life.--Foreign countries
East Indian diaspora.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)--Pays étrangers.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)--Conditions sociales.--Pays étrangers
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)--Vie intellectuelle.--Pays étrangers
HISTORY--World.
East Indians--Foreign countries.


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