Settled strangers :: Asian business elites in East Africa (1800-2000) /

Settled Strangers aims at understanding the social, economic and political evolution of the transnational migrant community of Gujarati traders and merchants in East Africa. The history of South Asians in East Africa is neither part of the mainstream national Indian history nor that of East African...

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1. Verfasser: Oonk, Gijsbert, 1966-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:Settled Strangers aims at understanding the social, economic and political evolution of the transnational migrant community of Gujarati traders and merchants in East Africa. The history of South Asians in East Africa is neither part of the mainstream national Indian history nor that of East African history writing. This is surprising because South Asians in East Africa outnumbered the Europeans ten-to-one. Moreover, their overall economic contribution and political significance may be more important than the history of the colonisers. This book is an attempt to provide som.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132113331
8132113330
1299585159
9781299585157

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