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Klappentext Offers essays relating to the South Asian diaspora which occurred after slavery's end in the British Empire. Zusammenfassung Offers essays relating to the South Asian diaspora which occurred after slavery's end in the British Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: themes in the study of the South Asian diaspora Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; Part I. South Asians in Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; 1. Indians in Southeast Asia: imperial auxiliaries Hugh Tinker; 2. Women under indenture in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 Jo Beall; 3. Indians in the French Overseas Departments: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Singaravélou; 4. Oil boom and recession in Trinidad Indian villages Steven Vertovec; 5. The Fiji Indians: marooned at home Victor Lal; 6. The political position of Indians in South Africa Anthony Lemon; 7. East African Asians through a hundred years Michael Twaddle; Part II. South Asians in Contemporary Western Countries and the Middle East: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; 8. South Asian countries as competitors on the world labour market Béatrice Knerr; 9. Asian Indians in the United States: a geographic appraisal Surinder M. Bhardwaj and N. Madhusudana Rao; 10. Migration and kinship: the differential effect of marriage rules on the processes of Punjabi migration to Britain Roger Ballard; 11. Transcontinental families - Gujarat and Lancashire: a comparative study Elinor Kelly; 12. Boom and gloom: the success and failure of South Asians in Britain Vaughan Robinson; 13. The participation of Asians in the British political system Muhammad Anwar; 14. Bangladeshi community organisation and leadership in Tower Hamlets, East London John Eade; 15. Manchester Pakistanis: division and unity Pnina Werbner; Author index; Subject index.
