Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The politics of identify and a note on usage -- Indians in the global setting -- Passage to India: The circulation of the Orient in America -- Voyage from India: Slaves and seamen, wokers and peasants -- The diaspora within the diaspora: Students and rebels -- "Tawnies" amidst whites (after Benjamin Franklin) -- Exile in the new caanaan -- Emergence of a diasporic community -- The religious life of Indian communities -- Indian "culture" in the diaspora -- The politics of affluence and the anxiety of influence -- The landscape of representation in Internet modernity -- Politcs and the future of Indians in the U.S. -- The diaspora at home: Returnees, retireees, & resident non-Indians -- Sources and select further reading.
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