Global South Asians

by Judith M. Brown

Book Overview

By the end of the twentieth century some nine million people of South Asian descent had left India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and settled in different parts of the world, forming a diverse and significant modern diaspora. In the early nineteenth century, many left reluctantly to seek economic opportunities which were lacking at home. This is the story of their often painful experiences in the diaspora, how they constructed new social communities overseas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521606306
• ISBN13: 9780521606301
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"