South Asians Overseas
Migration and Ethnicity

Offers essays relating to the South Asian diaspora which occurred after slavery's end in the British Empire.

Colin Clarke (Edited by), Ceri Peach (Edited by), Steven Vertovec (Edited by)

9780521129657, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 February 2010

396 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg

The South Asian diaspora came into being with the end of slavery in the British Empire. Huge numbers of labourers were recruited in the Indian sub-continent for indentured labour schemes, notably in Southeast Asia, South and East Africa, Mauritius, Fiji and the Caribbean, and also in French colonies. Later there were waves of 'free' immigration to these and other countries, including, in the last generation, Britain itself and North America. This set of essays by scholars from several different disciplines offers detailed accounts of the experience of the migrant communities, and the editors contribute valuable overviews. Originally published in 1990, it is an indispensable resource for scholars interested in the diaspora, or concerned with problems of migration.

List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Preface
Introduction: themes in the study of the South Asian diaspora Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec
Part I. South Asians in Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec
1. Indians in Southeast Asia: imperial auxiliaries Hugh Tinker
2. Women under indenture in colonial Natal, 1860–1911 Jo Beall
3. Indians in the French Overseas Departments: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Singaravélou
4. Oil boom and recession in Trinidad Indian villages Steven Vertovec
5. The Fiji Indians: marooned at home Victor Lal
6. The political position of Indians in South Africa Anthony Lemon
7. East African Asians through a hundred years Michael Twaddle
Part II. South Asians in Contemporary Western Countries and the Middle East: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec
8. South Asian countries as competitors on the world labour market Béatrice Knerr
9. Asian Indians in the United States: a geographic appraisal Surinder M. Bhardwaj and N. Madhusudana Rao
10. Migration and kinship: the differential effect of marriage rules on the processes of Punjabi migration to Britain Roger Ballard
11. Transcontinental families - Gujarat and Lancashire: a comparative study Elinor Kelly
12. Boom and gloom: the success and failure of South Asians in Britain Vaughan Robinson
13. The participation of Asians in the British political system Muhammad Anwar
14. Bangladeshi community organisation and leadership in Tower Hamlets, East London John Eade
15. Manchester Pakistanis: division and unity Pnina Werbner
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Ethnic studies [JFSL]