Immigrants from South Asia first began settling in Washington and Oregon in the nineteenth century, but because of restrictions placed on Asian immigration to the United States in the early twentieth century, the vast majority have come to the region since World War II. Roots and Reflections uses oral history to show how South Asian immigrant experiences were shaped by the region and how they differed over time and across generations. It includes the stories of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka who arrived from the end of World War II through the 1980s.Kumar has a Ph.D. in English from Washington State University and once had ambitions to pursue a career as a tenure-track professor, but found his life moving along a different course: Well, about six months or so after we moved to Fallinganbsp;...
Title | : | Roots and Reflections |
Author | : | Amy Bhatt, Nalini Iyer |
Publisher | : | University of Washington Press - 2013-05-15 |
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