Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition 1. Four Phases of Diaspora Studies 2. Classical Notions of Diaspora: Transcending the Jewish Tradition 3. Victim Diasporas: Africans and Armenians 4. Labour and Imperial Diasporas: Indentured Indians and the British 5. Trade and Business Diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese 6. Diasporas and their Homelands: Zionists and Sikhs 7. Deterritorialized Diasporas: The Black Atlantic and the Lure of Bombay 8. Mobilizing Diasporas in a Global Age 9. Studying Diasporas: Old Methods and New Topics

About the Author

University of Oxford, UK

Reviews

Praise for the first edition: '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, Journal of World History, Fall 1999" '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 Quaterly, Spring 1999" 'Reading this book I thought 'Cohen is doing for diaspora what Weber did for religion" -- "Fran Markowiz, Ben Gurion University USA, American Anthropologist, June 1999" 'A succinct but satisfying book! as Cohen convincingly demonstrates here, the diaspora wave is well and truly upon us' -- "Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway College, London, UK, Times Higher Educational Supplement, 6 March 1998"