Roots and reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyer ; foreword by Deepa Banerjee.

Author/creator Bhatt, Amy Pradip
Other author Iyer, Nalini.
Other author South Asian Oral History Project.
Other author University of Washington. Libraries.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoSeattle : University of Washington Press in association with the South Asian Oral History Project and the University of Washington Libraries, 2013.
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
South Asian Americans--Northwest, Pacific. --Social conditions.
Immigrants--Northwest, Pacific. --Social conditions.
South Asian Americans--Northwest, Pacific. --Interviews.
Immigrants--Northwest, Pacific. --Interviews.
Oral history--Northwest, Pacific.
Community life--Northwest, Pacific.
Northwest, Pacific--Biography.
Northwest, Pacific--Ethnic relations.

Contents Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012032694
ISBN9780295992440 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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