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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA
Edited by
Brij V. Lal (ed)
New. This book is inspired by the work of the South East Asia Studies Programme of the University of Singapore describes every aspect of Indian life as exported by labourers, traders, political deporteees and others over the centuries. Despite the academic background of the editors and contributors, the book is highly readable and packed with lots of very digestible information and a huge range of illustrations that do not dominate the text. 416 pages divided into eight parts -
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The Indian Context,
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The Age of Merchants,
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The Age of Colonial Capital,
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The Age of Globalisation,
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India Leadership and the Diaspora,
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Life in the Diaspora,
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Voices of the Diaspora and
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The Communities. This last part, covering just over 250 pages of the book, contains descriptions of Indian life in 44 different countries on every continent.
Weight 3kg. Post free within Malaysia. |
