Global South Asians
Introducing the modern Diaspora

A fascinating story of the modern South Asian diaspora.

Judith M. Brown (Author)

9780521844567, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 August 2006

214 pages, 10 b/w illus. 6 maps
23.6 x 15.8 x 1.7 cm, 0.474 kg

'Brown's work is to be highly commended as a must for any student of the South Asian diaspora.' Pierre Gottschlich

By the end of the twentieth century some nine million people of South Asian descent had left India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and settled in different parts of the world, forming a diverse and significant modern diaspora. In the early nineteenth century, many left reluctantly to seek economic opportunities which were lacking at home. This is the story of their often painful experiences in the diaspora, how they constructed new social communities overseas and how they maintained connections with the countries and the families they had left behind. It is a story compellingly told by one of the premier historians of modern South Asia, Judith Brown, whose particular knowledge of the diaspora in Britain and South Africa gives her insight as a commentator. This is a book which will have a broad appeal to general readers as well as to students of South Asian and colonial history, migration studies and sociology.

Introduction
1. Traditions of stability and movement
2. Making a modern diaspora
3. Creating new homes and communities
4. Relating to the new homeland
5. Relating to the old homeland
Conclusion
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Political geography [RGCP], Human geography [RGC], Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Sociology & anthropology [JH], Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1], Migration, immigration & emigration [JFFN], Religion: general [HRA], General & world history [HBG], Regional studies [GTB]