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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476844103321

Autore

Gardner Andrew

Titolo

City of Strangers : Gulf migration and the Indian community in Bahrain / / Andrew Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , 2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 188 pages)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : structural violence and transnational migration in the Gulf states  -- Pearls, oil, and the British Empire : a short history of Bahrain  -- Foreign labor in peril : the Indian transnational proletariat  -- Strategic transnationalism : the Indian diasporic elite  -- The public sphere : social clubs and voluntary associations in the Indian community  -- Contested identities, contested positions : English-language newspapers and the public sphere  -- The invigorated state : transnationalism, citizen, and state  -- Conclusion : Bahrain at the vanguard of change in the Gulf.

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of globalization.