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Namasté America : Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis / Padma Rangaswamy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2000]Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271097602
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 977.3/11004914 21
LOC classification:
  • F548.9.E2 R36 2000
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

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