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Life behind the lobby : Indian motel owners and the American dream /

Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and--although they are not all related--seventy percent of them share the surname of Patel. Most of these motel owners arrived in the United Sta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dhingra, Pawan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.
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