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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808675303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-49052-6; 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
• 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