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Cosmopolitan connections : the Sindhi diaspora, 1860-2000 /

This volume looks at a diasporic community of Indian traders. It draws on anthropological field research as well as archival sources to portray a cosmopolitan group united by ties of kinship and community which are reproduced across space through processes such as the circulation of women and family...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Falzon, Mark-Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Colección:International comparative social studies ; v. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Challenge of Translocal Ethnography
  • 2 Locating Hindu Sindhis: Roots and Routes of Diaspora
  • 3 Sindhi Cosmopolitans
  • 4 Sindwork, ca 1860 to the Present
  • 5 Localities and Histories
  • 6 The Meaning of Corporacy
  • 7 Cosmopolitans in Business
  • 8 Towards an Integrative Model of Commerce and Diaspora
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Illustrations.