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Namasté
America Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis Padma Rangaswamy
April 2000 | 6 x 9 inches
History - American
Hardback: $74.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-01980-2
Paperback: $24.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-01981-9
At
some point during the 1990s the size of the Asian Indian population
in the United States surpassed the one million mark. Today's Indians
in America are a diverse group. They come from every state in India
as well as from around the globe: England, Canada, South Africa, Tanzania,
Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad. They also belong to many religious faiths,
including Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism.
Many have high professional skills and are fluent in English and familiar
with Western culture. They have settled throughout the United States,
largely in metropolitan areas. Namasté America tells
this story of Indian immigrants in America, focusing on one of the
largest communities, Chicago.
Padma
Rangaswamy is Project Coordinator for the Neighborhood History
Project at the Chicago Historical Society. She is also a Visiting
Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University and the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
