Description |
1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Global diasporas |
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Global diasporas.
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Contents |
""Cover ""; ""The Sikh diaspora""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword by the Series Editor ""; ""Preface ""; ""List of tables ""; ""Maps ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Theoretical issues""; ""Scope of the study""; ""1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood ""; ""A sect, a community or a nation?""; ""The making of Sikh ethnic consciousness""; ""The colonial encounter""; ""Under the postcolonial state""; ""Search for statehood: the dilemma""; ""Indian nationalism: perils of a nation-state""; ""2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement ""; ""The colonial era"" |
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""The postcolonial era""""Post-1984 emigration: Sikh refugees ""; ""Conclusion""; ""3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages ""; ""Economic linkage""; ""Social exchange""; ""Religious tradition""; ""Diaspora: a creative site? ""; ""4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages ""; ""Early links""; ""Post-1947 associations""; ""Issues of mobilization""; ""5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America ""; ""Main organizations""; ""Mobilization""; ""6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain ""; ""Main organizations""; ""Mobilization"" |
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""7 Mediating between states: Sikhdiplomacy and interstate relations """"Indian government and the Sikh diaspora""; ""Indo-British relations and the Sikhs""; ""Sikh diplomacy and Indo-us relations""; ""Indo-Canadian relations and the Sikh lobby""; ""International organizations""; ""Conclusion""; ""8 Call of homeland: models and reality of ethnic mobilization""; ""Parameters of mobilization""; ""Discourse on the Sikh homeland""; ""The impact of the critical event""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes ""; ""Glossary and abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index "" |
Notes |
''Transferred to Digital Printing 2010''--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2014) |
Subject |
Sikhs -- United States.
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Sikhs -- India -- Social life and customs
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Sikh diaspora.
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Sikhs
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Sikh diaspora
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Sikhs -- Social life and customs
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United States
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India
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780203055182 |
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0203055187 |
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