City of strangers : Gulf migration and the Indian community in Bahrain / Andrew M. Gardner.
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Jameel Library | HD8668 .G37 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4945 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index.
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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