Between dreams and ghosts : Indian migration and Middle Eastern oil /

Between dreams and ghosts : Indian migration and Middle Eastern oil /

"More than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking readers to sites in India, the United Arab Em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Andrea (Professor) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, East Indian > Persian Gulf States.
Petroleum workers > Persian Gulf States.
East Indians > Persian Gulf States.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Persian Gulf States.
Persian Gulf States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
India > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Beyond scarcity and surplus
  • Part I. Of mangoes and men. Protecting vulnerable citizens
  • Cultivating entrepreneurs
  • Building influential networks
  • Part II. Connective substances. Making kin with gold
  • The Rig and the temple
  • Part III. The weight of tradition. Blowing sand
  • The demon of unsafe acts
  • Conclusion: Enduring debts.

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