Indian diaspora in West Asia: a reader/
edited by Prakash C Jain.
- New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007.
- 340 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Prakash C. Jain -- Part I: Past -- 1. Indian Diaspora in West Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Surendra Gopal -- 2. India's Impact on the Gulf's Economic and Socio-Cultural Life during the British Era -- Abdulla Elmadani -- 3. The Indian Merchant -- Community of Masqat -- Calvin H. Allen, Jr. -- 4. Merchants' Role in a Changing Society: The Case of Dubai, 1900,90 -- Fatma Al-Sayegh -- 5. My Life and Work in Dubai -- Maganmal J. Pancholia -- 6. Indian Diaspora in Yemen -- Prakash C. Jain -- Part II: Present -- 7. International Migration and Development: Indians in the Persian Gulf -- Myron Weiner -- 8. An 'Incipient' Diaspora: Indians in the Gulf Region -- Prakash C. Jain -- 9. Aspects of Indian Labour Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates -- K.C. Zachariah, B.A. Prakash and S. Irudaya RajaH -- 10. South Asians in the Gulf: Aspects of Ethnic Encounter -- Akbar S. Ahmed -- 11. The Orphaned Non-Resident Indian -- Ram Buxani -- 12. Ethnicity and Marginality: A Study of Indian Jewish Immigrants in Israel -- Margaret Abraham -- Part III: Summing Up -- 13. Indian Diaspora in West Asia -- High Level Committee, Government of India -- Contributors.
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East Indians -- Middle East -- History. East Indians. Middle East.