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Civil rights in wartime : the post-9/11 Sikh experience /

This book shares accounts of public and private discrimination involving turbaned Sikhs in America since September 11, 2001, investigates the American legal remedies available to those affected by discriminatory conduct, and compares these remedies to those in other Western societies. It offers a sh...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sidhu, Dawinder S.
Autres auteurs: Gohil, Neha Singh
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Farnham, Surrey [UK] ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Contributions; Foreword by Amy Chua; Preface; Introduction; Part I Sikhism and the Sikh Turban; 1 Punjab: The Sikh Homeland; 2 Founding and Early Development of Sikhism; 3 Fighting Against Injustice; 4 Sikh Migration to the West; 5 Contemporary Sikh History; 6 Spiritual Significance and Physical Aspects of the Sikh Turban; Part II Targeting the Sikh Turban; 7 Harassment; 8 Bullying of Sikh Students; 9 Violence; 10 Profiling; 11 Employment Discrimination; 12 Detention; 13 Denial of Entry into Public Places; Part III Marginalization of the Sikh Turban; 14 France; 15 Britain.