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Aging and the Indian diaspora cosmopolitan families in India and abroad

Title
Aging and the Indian diaspora [electronic resource] : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / Sarah Lamb.
Author
Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xvi, 336 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Tracking globalization
Uniform Title
  • Aging and the Indian diaspora (Online)
  • Tracking globalization.
Alternative Title
Aging and the Indian diaspora (Online)
Subject
  • Aging > India
  • Older people > India > Social conditions
  • East Indians > United States > Social conditions
  • East Indian diaspora
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: the remaking of aging -- The production of tradition, modernity, and a new middle class -- The rise of old age homes in India -- Becoming an elder-abode member -- Tea and the forest: making a western institution Indian -- Living alone as a way of life -- Moving abroad -- Changing families and the state.
LCCN
2008054189
OCLC
ssj0000356426
Author
Lamb, Sarah, 1960-
Title
Aging and the Indian diaspora [electronic resource] : cosmopolitan families in India and abroad / Sarah Lamb.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
Series
Tracking globalization
Tracking globalization.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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