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Suburban Sahibs : Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to New Jersey by  S. Mitra (translator) Kalita - Textbook - First Printing - 2003 - from Athena's Book Shop and Biblio.com
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Three Indian families come to America, settle in the New Jersey suburbs, and become the subjects of this study, which follows each family as its members try to cope with racism, bureaucracy, jobs, and raising a new generation of children who must straddle two worlds.


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"Mitra kalita's book is engrossing; I was sorry when it ended. Published by a university press, SUBURBAN SAHIBS may be hard to find. Persevere; this is a book well worth reading."

Suburban Sahibs : Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to New Jersey

by Kalita, S. Mitra (translator)

First Printing

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Book desription: Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press, 2003. Both book and dustjacket are just slightly rubbed at extremities else clean, straight and tight. Now in acid-free Brodart.. First Printing. Cloth w/boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

  • Bookseller: Athena's Book Shop US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 008517
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine
  • Jacket condition: Fine
  • Edition: First Printing
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 081353318X
  • ISBN 13: 9780813533186
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Place: Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.
  • Date published: 2003
  • Pages: 164
  • Size: 5.75 x 8.75 x 0.75 inches
  • LCCN: F142.M6K35 2003
  • Dewey: 929/.2/08991411073
  • Weight: 0.84 pounds
  • Keywords: EAST INDIANS FOREIGN COUNTRIES SOCIAL SCIENCE ETHNOLOGY
  • Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural;

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