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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index. |
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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. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 03/09/2021). |
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English. |
| Summary |
Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of globalization. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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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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India -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnology -- Bahrain.
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Travailleurs étrangers de l'Inde -- Bahreïn.
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Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) -- Bahreïn.
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Travailleurs étrangers de l'Inde -- Violence envers -- Bahreïn.
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Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) -- Violence envers -- Bahreïn.
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Ethnologie -- Bahreïn.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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Sociology and anthropology.
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Anthropology.
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Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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East Indians
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Emigration and immigration
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnology
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Foreign workers, East Indian
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Bahrain
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India
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Internationale Migration
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Indischer Einwanderer
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Transnationalisierung
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Bahrain
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Arbeitnehmer -- Migration.
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migrant workers. |
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globalization. |
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middle east. |
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labour. |
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labor. |
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migration. |
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globalisation. |
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anthropology. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: City of strangers. Ithaca ; London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2010] 9780801448829 (DLC) 2010002267 |
| ISBN |
9780801462191 (ebook) |
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0801462193 |
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0801462207 |
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9780801462207 |
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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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9783377415004 |
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3377415009 |
| Standard No. |
10.7591/9780801462207 doi |
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3377415 |
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AU@ 000053271105 |
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AU@ 000068366425 |
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CHNEW 000612562 |
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CHNEW 000978409 |
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DEBSZ 449649946 |
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DKDLA 820120-katalog:999891596105765 |
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GBVCP 1008655813 |
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GBVCP 896606791 |
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HEBIS 278032648 |
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NZ1 13934227 |
