City of strangers [electronic resource] : Gulf migration and the Indian community in Bahrain / Andrew M. Gardner.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.Description: xi, 188 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 331.62/5405365 22
- HD8668 .G37 2010
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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.