City of Strangers : Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain /

Mostrar otras versiones (4)

Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of globalization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gardner, Andrew, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Arbeitnehmer > Migration.
Transnationalisierung
Indischer Einwanderer
Internationale Migration
Foreign workers, East Indian
Ethnology
Ethnic relations
Emigration and immigration
East Indians
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Anthropology.
Sociology and anthropology.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Ethnologie > Bahreïn.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Violence envers > Bahreïn.
Travailleurs etrangers de l'Inde > Violence envers > Bahreïn.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Bahreïn.
Travailleurs etrangers de l'Inde > Bahreïn.
Ethnology > Bahrain.
East Indians > Violence against > Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian > Violence against > Bahrain.
East Indians > Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian > Bahrain.
Bahrain
India
Bahrain > Ethnic relations.
Bahrain > Emigration and immigration.
India > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

Ejemplares similares