A History Book of the Sikhs in Canada and California
Author: Mahinder Singh Dhillon
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 519
ISBN-13:
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The Sikhs in Canada and California : a Bibliography
Author: Singh, Ganda
Publisher: Patiala [India] : Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
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California's Pioneering Punjabis: An American Story
Author: Lea Terhune
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2023-01-09
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1467148873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"...evocative vignettes and inspiring stories from many of California's South Asian American citizens..." Paul Michael Taylor, Director, Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, adventurous travelers left the Punjab in India to seek their fortune in California and beyond. Laboring in farms, fields and orchards for low wages while enduring racial discrimination, they strove to put down roots in their new home. Bhagat Singh Thind, an immigrant who served in the United States Army, had his citizenship granted and revoked twice before a 1936 law expanded naturalization to all World War I veterans, regardless of race. Dalip Singh Saund obtained a master's degree and doctorate in mathematics from UC Berkeley only to return to farming when no one would hire him. In 1956, Saund went on to become the first Asian elected to the U.S. Congress. Ethnic South Asians are now found in every trade and profession in the United States, including the Office of the Vice President. Descendants of the first Punjabi immigrants from Yuba City to the Imperial Valley still farm, adding to the rich tapestry of the Central Valley. Author Lea Terhune recounts the risks, setbacks and persistence of the people who achieved their American dreams.
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Sikh Diaspora
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-08-29
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9004257233
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience is a collection of essays offering new insights into the diverse experiences of Sikhs beyond the Punjab. Moving beyond migration history and global in their scope, the essays in this volume draw from a range of methodological approaches to engage with diaspora theory, agency, space, social relations, and aesthetics. Rich in substantive content, these essays offer critical reflections on the concept of diaspora, and insight into key features of Sikh experience including memory, citizenship, political engagement, architecture, multiculturalism, gender, literature, oral history, kirtan, economics, and marriage.
International Bibliography of Sikh Studies
Author: Rajwant Singh Chilana
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-01-16
Total Pages: 586
ISBN-13: 1402030444
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The International Bibliography of Sikh Studies brings together all books, composite works, journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, project reports, and electronic resources produced in the field of Sikh Studies until June 2004, making it the most complete and up-to-date reference work in the field today. One of the youngest religions of the world, Sikhism has progressively attracted attention on a global scale in recent decades. An increasing number of scholars is exploring the culture, history, politics, and religion of the Sikhs. The growing interest in Sikh Studies has resulted in an avalanche of literature, which is now for the first time brought together in the International Bibliography of Sikh Studies. This monumental work lists over 10,000 English-language publications under almost 30 subheadings, each representing a subfield in Sikh Studies. The Bibliography contains sections on a wide variety of subjects, such as Sikh gurus, Sikh philosophy, Sikh politics and Sikh religion. Furthermore, the encyclopedia presents an annotated survey of all major scholarly work on Sikhism, and a selective listing of electronic and web-based resources in the field. Author and subject indices are appended for the reader’s convenience.
The Sikh Diaspora
Author: Norman Gerald Barrier
Publisher: South Asia Publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 370
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Author: G. S. Basran
Publisher: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book studies the migration and settlement of Sikhs from India to Canada, and looks at the socio-economic and cultural lives of that diaspora. It deals with gender, community, family, identity, religious beliefs, and language.
Sikh History and Religion in the Twentieth Century
Author: University of Toronto. Centre for South Asian Studies
Publisher: South Asia Books
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Some fourteen million Sikhs worldwide are heirs today to a tradition of faith recalling the devotional spirituality of Guru Nanak, who lived in the Punjab five hundred years ago. The twentieth century has witnessed a heightening of Sikhs' self-awareness as a community with an identity and aspirations distinct from their Hindu as well as their Muslim neighbours. Overseas migration to countries such as Canada has also produced new challenges to Sikhs to think through the question of what the core of their tradition is and what aspects of their heritage are central in times far removed from Guru Nanak's and places distant from the Punjab. Twenty-four authoritative studies by scholars on four continents range across the contemporary Sikh experience in India and overseas. The contributors include experts on history, religion, literature, linguistics, politics, sociology and anthropology.
