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Author Helweg, Arthur Wesley, 1940-

Title Strangers in a not-so-strange land : Indian American immigrants in the global age / Arthur W. Helweg.

Imprint Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, ©2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  304.873054 H369s 2004    ---  Available
Description xii, 163 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Case studies in cultural anthropology
Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-156) and index.
Contents Strangers in a not-so-strange land: Indian Diaspora, a global tribe; Mother India, the source and the recipient; Life in the land of milk and honey -- New life in a new land: Two success stories at two different times; Asians Indians in the United States, an overview; Ethnicity in the New World, with new people; Academic scholarship and Sikhism, conflict or legitimization -- Life in America, Asian Indian style: Getting organized; Issues -- Appendices: Profile of Asian Indian community of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Profile of Asian Indian population in the United States; Milestones in the history of Asian Indians in North America; History of immigration legislation; Chronology of some events related to India and Indians in the United States; Immigrant success story; Remittances to India by region of o7rigin and in U.S. dollar equivalents.
Subject East Indian Americans -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
India -- Emigration and immigration.
East Indian Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00901050
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
Immigrants -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00967782
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title Indian American immigrants in the global age
ISBN 0534613128 (pbk.)
9780534613129 (pbk.)

 
    
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