Cosmoplitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora, 1860-2000 FROM THE PUBLISHER
"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.
SYNOPSIS
For nearly a century and a half, Hindu Sindhis have been involved in large-scale migration primarily to engage in trade, but also in response to shifting political situations and as part of a wider post- war migration from the Indian subcontinent. Falzon (U. of Malta) did anthropological work during 1999 and 2000 in Malta, London, and Mumbai (Bombay), all places where Hindi Sindhis are settled and engaged in business. Her goal is to examine their business practices from a translocal perspective in order to understand the economic aspect of the diaspora as a whole. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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