Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston during the Cold War

by Uzma Quraishi

Book Overview

In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with the recently partitioned states of India and Pakistan. U.S. operations in these two countries became the second- and fourth-largest in the world, creating migration links that resulted in the emergence of American universities, such as the University of Houston, as immigration hubs for the highly selective,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469655195
• ISBN13: 9781469655192
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"