| Description |
xi, 188 p. : ill., map. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, East Indian -- Bahrain.
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East Indians -- Bahrain.
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Foreign workers, East Indian -- Violence against -- Bahrain.
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East Indians -- Violence against -- Bahrain.
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Ethnology -- Bahrain.
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India -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Ethnic relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780801448829 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801448824 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801476020 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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080147602X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780801462207 (electronic bk.) |
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