Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xvii
6. Introduction: Situating Stories 1
7. 1 “Finding traces of our existence here”. Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations 18
8. 2 Routes and roots. Stories of Departure and Arrival 46
9. 3 Creating professional classes. Education and Training 76
10. 4 All in a day’s work. Employment, Migration, and Identity 101
11. 5 Falling from the tree. Family, Gender, and Generational Differences 136
12. 6 Seeds take root. Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest 172
13. Epilogue: Meditations on methodologies 205
14. Appendix 1 Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project 219
15. Appendix 2 Narrator Biographies 221
16. Notes 233
17. References 254
18. Index 262