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Author:   Yin Cao
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   30/10
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9789004344082

ISBN 10:   900434408
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   09 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction  Sikh Migration in the Context of Global Migration  Shanghai in the Translocal Networks  Revisiting Sikh Diaspora and British Imperial History  Rescuing Shanghai Sikhs from Nation  Sources and Structure 1 Establishing the Sikh Police Unit in Shanghai  Hong Kong as the Reference  The Rise and Decline of the Localization Policy in the smp  A Martial Race in Motion  “They were Unsuitable for Shanghai”: Rejecting the Sikh Scheme  New Bottle with Old Wine: Revival of the Sikh Scheme  Conclusion 2 The Journey of Isser Singh: A Sikh Migrant in Shanghai  A Peasant’s Son in the Punjab  Optimizing the Migration Plan  The Road to Shanghai  Accommodating the Sikhs  Policing Hongkou  “A Man Who Gives Considerable Trouble”  An Unending End  Conclusion 3 Kill Buddha Singh: The Indian Nationalist Movement in Shanghai, 1914–1927  Go to North America!  The Rise of the Ghadar Party  The Politicization of Sikhs in Shanghai  Turning to the Left  From Hankou to Shanghai: The Ghadar Hubs in China  “I kill Him Because He was a Bad Man”  The Rise of a Surveillance Network  Conclusion 4 A Lone Islet or A Center of Communications? Shanghai Sikhs and The Indian National Army  The Birth of the ina and the Unification of Shanghai Sikhs  The ina in Crisis and the Hardship of Shanghai Sikhs  Subhas Chandra Bose and the Total Mobilization  The Mobilization of the Sikhs in Shanghai  The End of a Legend  Conclusion Conclusion: Circulation, Networks, and Subalterns in Global History Bibliography Index

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[...] it is worth reading From Policemen to Revolutionaries for its creative and global thinking on migration history, modern Chinese history, Indian history and British imperial history. Furthermore, the study draws impressively on an abundance of global primary sources in various languages (English, Chinese, Indian), from official archives (Shanghai Municipal Council, Colonial Office, Indian Office) to local newspaper (London, India, Singapore, California, Hong Kong, Shanghai) . Jiang Jiaxin, in Crossroads, 19 (2020), pp. 99-115.

""[...] it is worth reading From Policemen to Revolutionaries for its creative and global thinking on migration history, modern Chinese history, Indian history and British imperial history. Furthermore, the study draws impressively on an abundance of global primary sources in various languages (English, Chinese, Indian), from official archives (Shanghai Municipal Council, Colonial Office, Indian Office) to local newspaper (London, India, Singapore, California, Hong Kong, Shanghai)"". Jiang Jiaxin, in Crossroads, 19 (2020), pp. 99-115.

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Yin Cao, Ph.D. (2016), National University of Singapore, is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Tsinghua University, China.

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