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Author Sardar, Ziauddin.

Title Balti Britain : a journey through the British Asian experience / Ziauddin Sardar
Edition Paperback edition
Published London : Granta Books, 2008

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 MELB  305.8914041 Sar/Bbj  AVAILABLE
Description 392 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction: 'Welcome to Leicester' 1 -- 1 Eating Balti 11 -- 2 Being Asian 38 -- 3 What's in a Name? 61 -- 4 A Hackney Adolescence 90 -- 5 Home and Away 117 -- 6 Bhawalnagar Wedding 145 -- 7 Children of Britain 173 -- 8 Empire and Entanglement 195 -- 9 A History of Belonging 230 -- 10 Riots, Racism and Respect 265 -- 11 Terrorists Amongst Us 291 -- 12 Forward to a New Multiculturalism 327 -- Conclusion: After the Dress Rehearsal 361
Summary A humane, sharp and witty perspective on the experience of being a British Asian
Residency
Customs and culture
Asian
Notes Includes index
Subject Sardar, Ziauddin.
Sardar, Ziauddin -- Family.
Board books.
Asians -- Great Britain.
Children of immigrants -- Great Britain.
Asians -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
Children of immigrants -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
Asians -- Great Britain -- Ethnic identity.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115241
Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Asia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606
Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Great Britain. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
LC no. 2008277788
ISBN 9781862079311
Other Titles Journey through the British Asian experience