Research Catalog

Title

Migration and diaspora in modern Asia / Sunil S. Amrith.

Author

Amrith, Sunil S., 1979-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge Uniersity Press, 2011.

Details

Description

xviii, 217 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"A gripping analytical narrative of the flows and links that transcended the borders of Western empires and Asian nation-states, this book is an example of the writing of connective interregional history at its very best." -- book cover.

Series Statement

New approaches to Asian history

Uniform Title

New approaches to Asian history.

Subject

• Asia > History
• Asian diaspora
• Asians > Migrations
• Immigrants > Asia > History
• Refugees > Asia > History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Asia's great migrations, 1850-1930 -- The making of Asian diasporas, 1850-1930 -- War, revolution and refugees, 1930-1950 -- Migration, development and the Asian city, 1950-1970 -- Asian migrants in the age of globalization, 1970-2010.

ISBN

• 9780521898355 (hardback)
• 0521898358 (hardback)
• 9780521727020 (pbk.)
• 0521727022 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010031761