Global Diasporas : An Introduction

Acknowledgements vii(1) List of tables viii(1) Introduction ix 1 Classical notions of diaspora: transcending the Jewish tradition 1(30) "Babylon" as the site of oppression 3(1) "Babylon" as the site of creativity 4(2) The Jewish diaspora and Christianity 6(4) The Jewish diaspora and Islam 10(5) Ashkenazi fates 15(6) Inferences from the Jewish diasporic tradition 21(5) Conclusion 25(6) 2 Victim diasporas: Africans and Armenians 31(26) Origins of the African diaspora 33(3) The African diaspora: homeland and return 36(4) Other aspects of the African diaspora 40(2) The creation of the Armenian diaspora 42(4) After the massacres: Armenians at home and abroad 46(6) Soviet Armenia and after 52(2) Conclusion 54(3) 3 Labour and imperial diasporas: Indians and British 57(26) A new system of slavery? 59(3) The songs of Ramayana and political outcomes 62(4) Imperial diasporas 66(1) The settlement of the British empire 67(7) The end of the dominion diaspora 74(4) Conclusion 78(5) 4 Trade diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese 83(22) The making of the Chinese diaspora 85(4) The Chinese as minorities 89(5) The great Lebanese emigration 94(4) The Lebanese diaspora: butterflies and caterpillars 98(3) Conclusion: ethnic entrepreneurs and trade diasporas 101(4) 5 Diasporas and their homelands: Sikhs and Zionists 105(22) The origins of the Sikh diaspora 107(3) Sikhs: the lure of homeland 110(5) Can Israel be a "normal" state? 115(3) Israel and the diaspora 118(7) Conclusion 125(2) 6 Cultural diasporas: the Caribbean case 127(28) Postmodern views of diaspora 129(5) Travelling cultures, travelling nations 134(3) The Caribbean: migration and diaspora 137(7) Caribbean peoples as a cultural diaspora 144(7) Conclusion 151(4) 7 Diasporas in the age of globalization 155(22) Relevant aspects of globalization 157(1) A world economy 158(4) International migration 162(3) Global cities 165(4) Cosmopolitanism and localism 169(4) Deterritorialized social identities 173(2) Conclusion 175(2) 8 Conclusion: diasporas, their types and their future 177(20) Comparing diasporas 180(7) Cognate phenomena 187(5) Negative reactions to the growth of diasporas 192(2) Final remarks 194(3) Notes 197(12) References 209(12) Index 221