Namasté America : Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis /
Rangaswamy, Padma
Namasté America : Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis / Padma Rangaswamy. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I: Indians at Home and Abroad -- 1 The Indian Oikumene and Its Heartland -- 2 The American Context: From Pariah to Elite -- Part II: The Chicago Community -- 3 The Attraction of a Metropolitan Region -- 4 The Quantitative Profile: Responses to a Survey -- Part III: Voices and Countervoices -- 5 Astride Many Worlds: The Women -- 6 Caught in Limbo: The Youth -- 7 In Search of Security: The Elderly -- Part IV: Strategies of Survival and Growth -- 8 Preserving the Core: Cultural Institutions -- 9 Building Infrastructure: Religious Institutions -- 10 Forging New Links: Business and Politics -- 11 Pursuing Special Interests: Professional Groups and the Media -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
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At some point during the 1990s the size of the Asian Indian population in the United States surpassed the one million mark. Today’s Indians in America are a diverse group. They come from every state in India as well as from around the globe: England, Canada, South Africa, Tanzania, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad. They also belong to many religious faiths, including Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. Many have high professional skills and are fluent in English and familiar with Western culture. They have settled throughout the United States, largely in metropolitan areas. Namasté America tells this story of Indian immigrants in America, focusing on one of the largest communities, Chicago.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780271097602
10.1515/9780271097602 doi
East Indian Americans--Ethnic identity.--Illinois--Chicago
East Indian Americans--History.--Illinois--Chicago
East Indian Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
American. Asian Indian population. Canada. Chicago. Christianity. England. English. Fiji. Guyana. Hinduism. History. Indian Immigrants in an American Metrolpolis. Islam. Jainism. Namaste America. Padma Rangaswamy. Sikhism. South Africa. Tanzania. Trinidad. United States. Western culture. Zoroastrianism. fluent. professional skills. religious faiths. united states. us. usa.
F548.9.E2 / R36 2000
977.3/11004914
Namasté America : Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis / Padma Rangaswamy. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I: Indians at Home and Abroad -- 1 The Indian Oikumene and Its Heartland -- 2 The American Context: From Pariah to Elite -- Part II: The Chicago Community -- 3 The Attraction of a Metropolitan Region -- 4 The Quantitative Profile: Responses to a Survey -- Part III: Voices and Countervoices -- 5 Astride Many Worlds: The Women -- 6 Caught in Limbo: The Youth -- 7 In Search of Security: The Elderly -- Part IV: Strategies of Survival and Growth -- 8 Preserving the Core: Cultural Institutions -- 9 Building Infrastructure: Religious Institutions -- 10 Forging New Links: Business and Politics -- 11 Pursuing Special Interests: Professional Groups and the Media -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
At some point during the 1990s the size of the Asian Indian population in the United States surpassed the one million mark. Today’s Indians in America are a diverse group. They come from every state in India as well as from around the globe: England, Canada, South Africa, Tanzania, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad. They also belong to many religious faiths, including Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. Many have high professional skills and are fluent in English and familiar with Western culture. They have settled throughout the United States, largely in metropolitan areas. Namasté America tells this story of Indian immigrants in America, focusing on one of the largest communities, Chicago.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780271097602
10.1515/9780271097602 doi
East Indian Americans--Ethnic identity.--Illinois--Chicago
East Indian Americans--History.--Illinois--Chicago
East Indian Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
American. Asian Indian population. Canada. Chicago. Christianity. England. English. Fiji. Guyana. Hinduism. History. Indian Immigrants in an American Metrolpolis. Islam. Jainism. Namaste America. Padma Rangaswamy. Sikhism. South Africa. Tanzania. Trinidad. United States. Western culture. Zoroastrianism. fluent. professional skills. religious faiths. united states. us. usa.
F548.9.E2 / R36 2000
977.3/11004914