000			01436nam a22001697a 4500
999			_c25349 _d25349
020			_a 978-1-107-08208-3
082			_a307.76095 _bSIT-
245			_a Sites of Asian interaction _b:ideas,networks and mobility
260			_a New Delhi _bCambridge University Press, _c2014
300			_a viii, 254p.
520			_aA focus on the sites of Asian interaction enables this volume to shed new light on the growing field of diaspora studies. Research on Asia's many diasporas has enriched the older literature on migration to illuminate the links of kinship, affect, trade, and information that connect locations across Asia, and beyond. But where many recent works on particular diasporas have tended to look inwards - at how distinctive diasporic cultures maintained a sense of 'home' while abroad - the volume's focus has been on how different diasporas have come into contact with each other in particular places, often for the first time. It also engages with research in the fields of urban studies and urban history. The articles develop the already rich historical literature on port cities across Asia – the quintessential sites of Asian cosmopolitanism – as well as more recent work on the 'moving metropolises' and 'mobile cities' of contemporary Asia.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aSocial mobility _vSocial networks _vSocial interaction _zAsia
700			_aHarper,Tim
700			_aAmrith, Sunil
942			_2ddc _cBK