Global Diasporas: An Introduction

Robin Cohen

Routledge, Mar 17, 2008 - Social Science - 240 pages

In a perceptive and arresting analysis, Robin Cohen introduces his distinctive approach to the study of the world’s diasporas. This book investigates the changing meanings of the concept and the contemporary diasporic condition, including case studies of Jewish, Armenian, African, Chinese, British, Indian, Lebanese and Caribbean people.

The first edition of this book had a major impact on diaspora studies and was the foundational text in an emerging research and teaching field. This second edition extends and clarifies Robin Cohen’s argument, addresses some critiques and outlines new perspectives for the study of diasporas. It has also been made more student-friendly with illustrations, guided readings and suggested essay questions.

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User Review  - Sam - Goodreads

It's pretty fair introduction to diasporas. One could do far worse than Cohen on this issue.

Review: Global Diasporas: An Introduction

User Review  - Andrew - Goodreads

This is an excellent introduction to the theory of diasporas, a term which has expanded considerably in recent years from its original use in the Jewish Diaspora to describe all kinds of cultural and ...

Contents

• 1 FOUR PHASES OF DIASPORA STUDIES: 1
• Transcending the Jewish tradition: 21
• Africans and Armenians: 39
• Indentured Indians and the British: 61
• Chinese and Lebanese: 83
• Zionists and Sikhs: 103
• The black Atlantic and the lure of Bombay: 123
• 8 MOBILIZING DIASPORAS IN A GLOBAL AGE: 141
• Old methods and new topics: 159
• NOTES: 178
• REFERENCES: 199
• INDEX: 213

About the author

Robin Cohen is Professorial Fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. He taught for many years at Warwick and has also held appointments at the Universities of Ibadan, the West Indies and Cape Town. His other books include The New Helots (2003), The Cambridge Survey of World Migration (edited, 1995), Frontiers of Identity (1994), Migration and its Enemies (2006) and Global Sociology, with Paul Kennedy (rev. 2007).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Global Diasporas: An Introduction; Global Diasporas
• Author: Robin Cohen
• Edition: 2, illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Routledge, 2008
• ISBN: 0203928946, 9780203928943
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / General; Social Science / General; Social Science / Sociology / General