Sikh Diaspora

This book offers an overview of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous communities. The book considers the implications of history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.; The text should serve as a supplementary text for undergraduates and postgraduates on courses in race, ethnicity and international migration within sociology, politics, international relations, Asian history, and human geography. In particular, it should serve as a core text for Sikh/Punjab courses within Asian studies. Foreword by the Series Editor, Preface, List of tables, Maps, Introduction, Theoretical issues, Scope of the study, 1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood, 2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement, 3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages, 4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages, 5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America, 6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain, 7 Mediating between states: Sikh diplomacy and interstate relations, 8 Call of homeland: models and reality of ethnic mobilization, Conclusion, Appendices, Notes, Glossary and abbreviations, Bibliography, Index