Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000 (International Comparative Social Studies, Vol. 9) (International Comparative Social Studies)

Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000 (International Comparative Social Studies, Vol. 9) (International Comparative Social Studies)

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Book Description
This volume looks at a diasporic community of Indian traders. It draws on anthropological field research as well as archival sources to portray a cosmopolitan group united by ties of kinship and community which are reproduced across space through processes such as the circulation of women and family visiting. These ties have their counterpart in the economic sphere which is characterised by sets of translocal trading linkages, credit relations, and a heightened knowledge of markets and a readiness to explore them. A model for the relation between mobility and commerce is thus explored.

The book, which includes a number of maps and original photographs, is ground-breaking in that it uses the technique of 'multi-sited ethnography', in which data from different sites are juxtaposed into a broad synthesis. It is geared towards a broad audience.

About the Author
Mark Anthony Falzon, Ph.D. (2001) in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, is a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge and a Lecturer at the University of Malta. His research interests include migration, diaspora, South Asia, and the anthropology of emotions.

Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000 (International Comparative Social Studies, Vol. 9) (International Comparative Social Studies),Mark-Anthony Falzon,Brill Academic Publishers,9004140085,19th century,20th century,Asia - Southeast Asia,Business / Economics / Finance,Commerce,General,History,History: World,Interior Design - General,Migrations,Sindhi (South Asian people),Sociology - General

Book Contents:

1. Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia (Asian Social Science)
2. C.R. Mackintosh : The Poetics of Workmanship (Essays in Art and Culture)
3. Cultural Episcopacy and Ecumenism: Representative Ministry in Church History from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation With Special Ref (Studies in Christian Mission)
4. Decorating With Pictures
5. Der Briefwechsel Zwischen Augustinus and Hieronumus and Ihr Streit Um Den Kanon Des Alten Testaments and Die Auslegung Von Gal., 11-14 (Vigiliae Chri)
6. Der Ikonoklasmus Des Westens (Studies in the History of Christian Thought; Vol 41)
7. Die Apokryph Gewordenen Evangelien: Studien Zu Neuen Texten Und Zu Neuen Fragen (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)
8. Die Entdeckte Natur: Untersuchungen Zu Begrundungsversuchen Einer "Scientia Naturalis" Im 12. Jahrhundert (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
9. Die Macht Der Weisheit: Das Bild Des Bischofs in Der Vita Augustini Des Possidius Und Anderen Spataniken Und Fruhmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
10. Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)

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