Gardner, Andrew, 1969-

City of strangers Gulf migration and the Indian community in Bahrain / [electronic resource] : Andrew M. Gardner. - Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010. - xi, 188 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Foreign workers, East Indian--Bahrain.
East Indians--Bahrain.
Foreign workers, East Indian--Violence against--Bahrain.
East Indians--Violence against--Bahrain.
Ethnology--Bahrain.


India--Emigration and immigration.
Bahrain--Emigration and immigration.
Bahrain--Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

HD8668 / .G37 2010

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