South Asians Overseas

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: themes in the study of the South Asian diaspora Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; Part I. South Asians in Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; 1. Indians in Southeast Asia: imperial auxiliaries Hugh Tinker; 2. Women under indenture in colonial Natal, 1860–1911 Jo Beall; 3. Indians in the French Overseas Departments: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Singaravélou; 4. Oil boom and recession in Trinidad Indian villages Steven Vertovec; 5. The Fiji Indians: marooned at home Victor Lal; 6. The political position of Indians in South Africa Anthony Lemon; 7. East African Asians through a hundred years Michael Twaddle; Part II. South Asians in Contemporary Western Countries and the Middle East: Introduction Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec; 8. South Asian countries as competitors on the world labour market Béatrice Knerr; 9. Asian Indians in the United States: a geographic appraisal Surinder M. Bhardwaj and N. Madhusudana Rao; 10. Migration and kinship: the differential effect of marriage rules on the processes of Punjabi migration to Britain Roger Ballard; 11. Transcontinental families - Gujarat and Lancashire: a comparative study Elinor Kelly; 12. Boom and gloom: the success and failure of South Asians in Britain Vaughan Robinson; 13. The participation of Asians in the British political system Muhammad Anwar; 14. Bangladeshi community organisation and leadership in Tower Hamlets, East London John Eade; 15. Manchester Pakistanis: division and unity Pnina Werbner; Author index; Subject index.