The Other One Percent

Indians in America

Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, Nirvikar Singh (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-064874-9 (ISBN)

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In The Other One Percent, Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, and Nirvikar Singh provide the first authoritative and systematic overview of South Asians living in the United States.

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not only has its recent growth been extraordinary, but this population from a developing nation with low human capital is now the most-educated and highest-income group in the worlds most advanced nation. The Other One Percent is a careful, data-driven, and comprehensive account of the three core processesselection, assimilation, and entrepreneurshipthat have led to this rapid rise. This unique phenomenon is driven byand, in turn, has influencedwide-ranging changes, especially the ongoing revolution in information technology and its impact on economic globalization, immigration policies in the U.S., higher education policies in India, and foreign policies of both nations. If the overall picture is one of economic success, the details reveal the critical issues faced by the immigrants stemming from the social, linguistic, and class structure in India, the professional and geographic distribution in the U.S., the simultaneous expressions of pan-Indian and regional identities and simultaneous leadership in high-skill industries (like computers and medicine) and low-skill industries (like hospitality and retail trade), and the multi-generational challenges of a diverse group from the worlds largest democracy fitting into its oldest.

Sanjoy Chakravorty is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Devesh Kapur is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania Nirvikar Singh is Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Acknowledgements

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. A SHORT HISTORY OF SMALL NUMBERS
CHAPTER 2. SELECTED FOR SUCCESS
CHAPTER 3. A COAT OF MANY COLORS
CHAPTER 4. BECOMING AMERICAN
CHAPTER 5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY THE NUMBERS
CHAPTER 6. ENTREPRENEURIAL NARRATIVES, NICHES AND NETWORKS
CHAPTER 7. HOST AND HOME

APPENDIX . DATA USED AND EXPLANATIONS

Erscheinungsdatum	30.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Modern South Asia
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 236 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-064874-0 / 0190648740
ISBN-13	978-0-19-064874-9 / 9780190648749
Zustand	Neuware