Description |
1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Foreign workers, East Indian -- Bahrain.
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East Indians -- Bahrain.
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Foreign workers, East Indian -- Violence against -- Bahrain.
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East Indians -- Violence against -- Bahrain.
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Ethnology -- Bahrain.
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India -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Emigration and immigration.
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Bahrain -- Ethnic relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Internationale Migration.
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Indischer Einwanderer.
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Transnationalisierung.
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Bahrain.
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Arbeitnehmer -- Migration.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gardner, Andrew, 1969- City of strangers. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010002267 |
ISBN |
9780801462207 (electronic bk.) |
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0801462207 (electronic bk.) |
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9780801448829 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0801448824 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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9780801476020 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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080147602X (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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9783377415004 |
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3377415009 |
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