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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450314703321

Titolo

Culture and economy in the Indian diaspora / / edited by Bhikhu Parekh, Gurharpal Singh and Steven Vertovec

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-49053-4

0-203-39829-7

1-280-03751-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Transnationalism

Classificazione

83.30

Altri autori (Persone)

ParekhBhikhu C

SinghGurharpal

VertovecSteven

Disciplina

909/.04914110825

Soggetti

East Indians - Foreign countries

East Indians - Foreign countries - Social conditions

East Indians - Foreign countries - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The Indian diaspora is one of the largest and most significant in the world today with between nine and twelve million people of Indian origin living outside South Asia. With successive waves of migration



over the last two hundred years to almost every continent, it has assumed increasing self-consciousness and importance. Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora examines the Indian diaspora in Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, Trinidad, Australia, the US, Canada and the UK and addresses the core issues of demography, economy, culture and future deve