Global Diasporas: An Introduction

Author:   Robin Cohen (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   3rd edition
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Pages:   212
Publication Date:   08 July 2022
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Author:   Robin Cohen (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781032188447


ISBN 10:   1032188448
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   08 July 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The study of diasporas: a guide 2. Transcending the prototype: rethinking the Jewish diaspora 3. Victim diasporas: Africans and Armenians 4. Labour and imperial diasporas: indentured Indians and the British 5. Trade diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese 6. Deterritorialized diasporas: the black Atlantic and other cases 7. Incipient diasporas: Afghans and other refugees and displaced people 8. Dreams and realities of a homeland: Zionists and Sikhs 9. Diasporic engagement: state and non-state actors 10. Conclusion: mutating meanings of diaspora

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Praise for Previous Editions Cohen’s erudition is vast … his interpretations are solid and well informed. By and large one can only marvel at the scope of Cohen’s learning and the richness of his vocabulary. Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware, USA, Journal of World History Cohen’s book offers a timely overview of diasporas. The book is also engagingly written, with Cohen’s personal anecdotes adding zing rather than self-indulgence to the analysis. Robert C. Smith, Columbia University, USA, Political Studies Quarterly A succinct but satisfying book … as Cohen convincingly demonstrates here, the diaspora wave is well and truly upon us. Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, Times Higher Educational Supplement Robin Cohen’s delineation of common features associated with diaspora, and his proposition of ‘ideal types’, are important conceptual tools for use in systematic theorizing and research about diaspora, no matter the geographic location. Jualynne E. Dodson, Michigan State University, USA, Athens Journal of Social Sciences


Praise for Previous Editions Cohen's erudition is vast ... his interpretations are solid and well informed. By and large one can only marvel at the scope of Cohen's learning and the richness of his vocabulary. Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware, USA, Journal of World History Cohen's book offers a timely overview of diasporas. The book is also engagingly written, with Cohen's personal anecdotes adding zing rather than self-indulgence to the analysis. Robert C. Smith, Columbia University, USA, Political Studies Quarterly A succinct but satisfying book ... as Cohen convincingly demonstrates here, the diaspora wave is well and truly upon us. Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, Times Higher Educational Supplement Robin Cohen's delineation of common features associated with diaspora, and his proposition of 'ideal types', are important conceptual tools for use in systematic theorizing and research about diaspora, no matter the geographic location. Jualynne E. Dodson, Michigan State University, USA, Athens Journal of Social Sciences


Author Information

Robin Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford, UK. He has published widely on migration, globalization, social identity and diasporas. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Refugia: Radical Solutions to Mass Displacement (with Nicholas Van Hear, Routledge, 2019), Migration: The Movement of Humankind from Prehistory to the Present (Andre Deutsch, 2019), and Encountering Difference: Diasporic Traces, Creolizing Spaces (with Olivia Sheringham, Polity Press, 2016). He is also editor of several volumes, including the Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies (with Carolin Fischer, Routledge, 2018) and The Cambridge Survey of World Migration (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

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