Punjabi immigrant mobility in the United States
Subtitle: adaptation through race and class
By: Diditi Mitra
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781137032843
Subjects: Panjabis (South Asian people); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Taxicab drivers
Description: "The Punjabis, people from the Indian state of the Punjab, had formed a niche in the New York taxi industry for nearly two decades. In those decades, the turbans of the Sikhs, who dominated the industry, and yellow cabs were inseparable. Yet, little is known about their immigration journey. From the moment of their arrival to their gradual adaptation to America is the focus of this book. And, as the Punjabi story unfolds, not only do we learn about them, we also learn about the yellow industry as well as better understand the society to which the Punjabis immigrated"--