Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest

Contents

contents Foreword by Deepa Banerjee xi Preface xvii introduction: situating stories An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest 3 1 “finding traces of our existence here” Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations 18 2 routes and roots Stories of Departure and Arrival 46 3 creating professional classes Education and Training 76 4 all in a day’s work Employment, Migration, and Identity 101 5 falling from the tree Family, Gender, and Generational Differences 136 6 seeds take root Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest 172 epilogue: meditations on methodologies 205 Appendix 1 Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project 219 Appendix 2 Narrator Biographies 221 Notes 233 References 254 Index 262 ...