Migration, mobility and multiple affiliations : Punjabis in a transnational world / edited by S. Irudaya Rajan, V.J. Varghese, Aswini Kumar Nanda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Transnational world and Indian Punjab : contemporary issues / S. Irudaya Rajan and Aswini Kumar Nanda -- Part I. A historical survey -- Punjabis in America / Bruce La Brack -- Punjabi-Sikh migration : Latin America : a geographic profile / Swarn Singh Kahlon -- Punabis/Sikhs in Canada / Usha George and Ferzana Chaze -- Punjabi migration, Settlement and experience in the UK / Shinder S. Thandi -- Part II. Shifting contours of migration -- Volatile sanctuary : transnational migration and political asylum / Radhika Chopra -- Punjabi illegal migrants in France : tales of suffering, invisibility and marginalization / Nisha Kirpalani, Christine Moliner and Saad Muhammad -- Migration as a transnational enterprise : migrations from eastern Punjab and the question of social licitness / V.J. Varghese and S. Irudaya Rajan -- Part III. Social structures and organizational links -- The ambiguity of Punjabi transnationalism : caste and development within a transnational community / Steve Taylor, Manjit Singh and Deborah Booth -- Punjabi diasporas : conceptualising and evaluating impacts of diaspora-homeland linkages / Shinder S. Thandi -- Punjabi immigrant organisations in the UK and their transnational connections / Thomas Lacroix -- Part IV. Education and migration -- Transnational education of Punjabi Sikh children in Britain : moral quandaries of diasporic parenting / Kaveri Qureshi -- Transnational health institutions, global nursing care chains, and the internationalization of nurse education in Punjab / Margaret Walton-Roberts -- Part V. Family networks -- The Punjabis in Italy : the role of ethnic and family networks in immigration and social integration processes / Barbara Bertolani -- Gender, the life course and home making across Tanzania, Britain and Indian Punjab / Kanwal P.K. Mand -- Inter-generational tensions and cultural reproduction in a Punjabi community in England / Neelu Kang.

"Discusses caste consciousness and identity abroad, remittances, Sikh religious identity, traditions and practices, politics of 'Sikh separatism', transnational connections, crimes and violence, music, politics, religious transnationalism and social remittances"-- Provided by publisher.