From policemen to revolutionaries : a Sikh diaspora in global Shanghai, 1885-1945
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Bibliographic Information
From policemen to revolutionaries : a Sikh diaspora in global Shanghai, 1885-1945
(Studies in global social history / series editor, Marcel van der Linden, v. 30 . Studies in global migration history / editor,
Brill, c2018
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-202) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From Policemen to Revolutionaries uncovers the less-known story of Sikh emigrants in Shanghai in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yin Cao argues that the cross-border circulation of personnel and knowledge across the British colonial and the Sikh diasporic networks, facilitated the formation of the Sikh community in Shanghai, eventually making this Chinese city one of the overseas hubs of the Indian nationalist struggle. By adopting a translocal approach, this study elaborates on how the flow of Sikh emigrants, largely regarded as subalterns, initially strengthened but eventually unhinged British colonial rule in East and Southeast Asia.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Sikh Migration in the Context of Global Migration
Shanghai in the Translocal Networks
Revisiting Sikh Diaspora and British Imperial History
Rescuing Shanghai Sikhs from Nation
Sources and Structure
1 Establishing the Sikh Police Unit in Shanghai
Hong Kong as the Reference
The Rise and Decline of the Localization Policy in the smp
A Martial Race in Motion
"They were Unsuitable for Shanghai": Rejecting the Sikh Scheme
New Bottle with Old Wine: Revival of the Sikh Scheme
Conclusion
2 The Journey of Isser Singh: A Sikh Migrant in Shanghai
A Peasant's Son in the Punjab
Optimizing the Migration Plan
The Road to Shanghai
Accommodating the Sikhs
Policing Hongkou
"A Man Who Gives Considerable Trouble"
An Unending End
Conclusion
3 Kill Buddha Singh: The Indian Nationalist Movement in Shanghai, 1914-1927
Go to North America!
The Rise of the Ghadar Party
The Politicization of Sikhs in Shanghai
Turning to the Left
From Hankou to Shanghai: The Ghadar Hubs in China
"I kill Him Because He was a Bad Man"
The Rise of a Surveillance Network
Conclusion
4 A Lone Islet or A Center of Communications? Shanghai Sikhs and The Indian National Army
The Birth of the ina and the Unification of Shanghai Sikhs
The ina in Crisis and the Hardship of Shanghai Sikhs
Subhas Chandra Bose and the Total Mobilization
The Mobilization of the Sikhs in Shanghai
The End of a Legend
Conclusion
Conclusion: Circulation, Networks, and Subalterns in Global History
Bibliography
Index
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