Other One Percent: Indians in America

by Devesh Kapur, Sanjoy Chakravorty, Nirvikar Singh, et al.

Book Overview

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not only has its recent growth been extraordinary, but this population from a developing nation with low human capital is now the most-educated and highest-income group in the world's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190648740
• ISBN13: 9780190648749
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"