Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.
Contents
Punjabi immigrants of the early 1900s / Padma Rangaswamy -- East Indian immigrants face discrimination in America / Ronald Takaki -- The race riot against the East Indians of Washington / Joan M. Jensen -- The Ghadar movement calls for Indians to fight the British / Ved Prakash Vatuk -- East Indians are declared ineligible for U.S. citizenship / George Sutherland -- The liberalization of U.S. policies on East Indian immigration and naturalization / Gary R. Hess -- The first East Indian immigrant to serve in Congress / Dalip Singh Saund -- East Indian immigration increases due to the 1965 U.S. Immigration Act / David M. Reimers -- The struggle to succeed in America / S. Mitra Kalita -- East Indians retain their culinary traditions in New York / Madhulika S. Khandelwal -- East Indians establish a political identity / Vinay Lal -- East Indians and the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks / Lavina Melwani -- Young East Indians defy parental pressures to conform to parental values / John Blake -- East Indian youth culture in New York City / Sunaina Marr Maira -- Many East Indian immigrants are returning to India / Robert Weisman -- Samina Ali / Samina Ali ; interview by Shauna Singh Baldwin -- Ismail Merchant / Ismail Merchant -- Vijay Iyer / Vijay Iyer ; interviewed by Manu Vimalassery -- Sabeer Bhatia / Stuart Whitmore.