One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Complete with a new epilogue, the paperback edition of The Other One Percent is a careful, data-driven, and comprehensive account of the three core processes-selection, assimilation, and entrepreneurship-that have led to this rapid rise. This unique phenomenon is driven by-and, in turn, has influenced-wide-ranging changes, especially the ongoing revolution in information technology and its impact on economic globalization, immigration policies in the U.S., higher education policies in India, and foreign policies of both nations. If the overall picture is one of economic success, the details reveal the critical issues faced by Indian immigrants.

The Other One Percent: Indians in America (Modern South Asia)

Politics & Social Sciences

Chakravorty, Sanjoy

Kapur, Devesh

Singh, Nirvikar

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not only has its recent growth been extraordinary, but this population from a developing nation with low human capital is now the most-educated and highest-income group in the world's most advanced nation. The Other One Percent is a careful, data-driven, and comprehensive account of the three core processes-selection, assimilation, and entrepreneurship-that have led to this rapid rise. This unique phenomenon is driven by-and, in turn, has influenced-wide-ranging changes, especially the on-going revolution in information technology and its impact on economic globalization, immigration policies in the U.S., higher education policies in India, and foreign policies of both nations. If the overall picture is one of economic success, the details reveal the critical issues faced by Indian immigrants stemming from the social, linguistic, and class structure in India, their professional and geographic distribution in the U.S., their pan-Indian and regional identities, their strong presence in both high-skill industries (like computers and medicine) and low-skill industries (like hospitality and retail trade), and the multi-generational challenges of a diverse group from the world's largest democracy fitting into its oldest.

A definitive account of the geography of industrialization in India. The primary goal is to analyse the consequences of specific policies, and show how policy frameworks need to be changed to achieve a more balanced, equitable, and sustainable industrial growth.

Made in India: The Polical Geography and Political Economy of INdustralization

Business & Money

Lall, Somik V.

Economics

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Fragments of Inequality: Social, Spatial and Evolutionary Analyses of Income Distribution

Routledge

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

India in the present moment has an information space packed with numerous information sources and agents from politicians and activists to profiteers and extortionists all competing for attention and legitimacy in a growing information marketThere are many narratives out there and many narrators. Whom does one believe? The political manipulation and simplification of complex information has fashioned certain truths about India truths that have created social identities that have in turn become the defining features of the countrys politics and history over centuries. Contemporary India is convulsed by contesting claims over history and identity, homogenization and pluralism, Hindutva and Dalit consciousness, patriotism and freedom of speech, renaming things, erasing pasts, and the rights and realities of minorities. These debates rage in an environment of abundant information and misinformation, and deliberate ignorance about the most important social reality that of inequality. The existential debate over whether India is a homogeneous Hindu nation or a plural society of many social identities continues to be framed by the politics of information its simplifications, inventions, denials and lies. This provocative book exposes how information choices have been made over many centuries by those in power at the cost of a deeper understanding of the complexity of Indian society. It is essential reading for every thinking Indian at a time when India is in the throes of an existential debate about its history and the very identity of its people.

The Truth About Us : The Politics of Information from Manu to Modi

Hachette India

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The Other One Percent: Indians in America (Modern South Asia)

The Other One Percent: Indians in America (Modern South Asia)

Made in India: The Polical Geography and Political Economy of INdustralization

Fragments of Inequality: Social, Spatial and Evolutionary Analyses of Income Distribution

Fragments of Inequality: Social, Spatial and Evolutionary Analyses of Income Distribution

The Truth About Us : The Politics of Information from Manu to Modi