Global South Asians - Introducing the Modern Diaspora

Informationen zum Autor Judith M. Brown is Beit Professor of Commonwealth History, University of Oxford; and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College. Her recent publications include Gandhi. Prisoner of Hope (1989) and Nehru. A Political Life (2003). Klappentext A fascinating story of the modern South Asian diaspora. Zusammenfassung By the end of the twentieth century some nine million people of South Asian descent had left India! Bangladesh or Pakistan and settled in different parts of the world! forming a diverse modern diaspora. This is the story of how they constructed new communities overseas and their often painful experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Traditions of stability and movement; 2. Making a modern diaspora; 3. Creating new homes and communities; 4. Relating to the new homeland; 5. Relating to the old homeland; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Judith M. Brown, Judith M. (University of Oxford) Brown
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2006
• EAN: 9780521844567
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84456-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous