City of strangers Gulf migration and the Indian community in Bahrain /

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Autor principal: Gardner, Andrew, 1969-
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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.