Gardner, Andrew, 1969- author. text eng Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index. Introduction : structural violence and transnational migration in the Gulf states -- Pearls, oil, and the British Empire : a short history of Bahrain -- Foreign labor in peril : the Indian transnational proletariat -- Strategic transnationalism : the Indian diasporic elite -- The public sphere : social clubs and voluntary associations in the Indian community -- Contested identities, contested positions : English-language newspapers and the public sphere -- The invigorated state : transnationalism, citizen, and state -- Conclusion : Bahrain at the vanguard of change in the Gulf. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 03/09/2021). East Indians--Violence against--Bahrain. East Indians--Bahrain. Ethnology--Bahrain. Foreign workers, East Indian--Violence against--Bahrain. Foreign workers, East Indian--Bahrain. Bahrain--Emigration and immigration. Bahrain--Ethnic relations. India--Emigration and immigration. City of strangers https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2019724525 URN:ISBN:9780801462191 URN:ISBN: URN:ISBN: URN:ISBN: URN:ISBN: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International