City of Strangers
Gardner, Andrew, 1969-
City of Strangers Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain / [electronic resource] : Andrew M. Gardner. - Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 188 p. :) ill., map ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9780801462207
Ethnology--Bahrain.
East Indians--Violence against--Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian--Violence against--Bahrain.
East Indians--Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian--Bahrain.
Bahrain--Ethnic relations.
Bahrain--Emigration and immigration.
India--Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
HD8668 / .G37 2010
331.62/5405365
City of Strangers Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain / [electronic resource] : Andrew M. Gardner. - Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 188 p. :) ill., map ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9780801462207
Ethnology--Bahrain.
East Indians--Violence against--Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian--Violence against--Bahrain.
East Indians--Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian--Bahrain.
Bahrain--Ethnic relations.
Bahrain--Emigration and immigration.
India--Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
HD8668 / .G37 2010
331.62/5405365