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Author Lamb, Sarah, 1960-

Title Aging and the Indian diaspora [electronic resource] : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / Sarah Lamb.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 336 p. : ill.
Series Tracking globalization
Tracking globalization.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the remaking of aging -- The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class -- The rise of old age homes in India -- Becoming an elder-abode member -- Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian -- Living alone as a way of life -- Moving abroad -- Changing families and the state.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Aging -- India.
Older people -- India -- Social conditions.
East Indians -- United States -- Social conditions.
East Indian diaspora.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253353436 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253353432 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253221001 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253221005 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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