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Diditi Mitra - Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States - 9781349441280 - V9781349441280
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Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States

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Description for Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society? Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence settlement patterns in the United States, based on her extensive interviews with 59 Punjabi taxi drivers, organizers of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, laywers who represent drivers in taxi courts, owners of taxi fleets, and an official of the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. What emerges is an unprecedented exploration ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349441280
SKU
V9781349441280
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Diditi Mitra
DIDITI MITRA PhD is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at Brookdale Community College, USA.

Reviews for Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States
"Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States is a revealing and intricate contribution to the literature on Punjabi immigrants in contemporary America. Diditi Mitra's research is particularly useful to scholars and students seeking to understand how racial marginalization and class determines the formation of identity for new migrants to the Global North." - Immanuel Ness, author, Guest Workers and Resistance ... Read more

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