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

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

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Main Author: Gardner, Andrew, 1969-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, East Indian > Bahrain.
East Indians > Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian > Violence against > Bahrain.
East Indians > Violence against > Bahrain.
Ethnology > Bahrain.
India > Emigration and immigration.
Bahrain > Emigration and immigration.
Bahrain > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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