Migration and Diaspora in Modern Asia [Paperback]

Traces the history of modern migration against the background of empires, their dissolution and the onset of modernity.For centuries, migrants have tracked the routes and seas of their ancestors along the Silk Road and across the Indian Ocean and the China Sea. Over the last 150 years, migration within Asia and beyond has been greater than at any other time in history. Sunil S. Amrith's deeply informative book crosses a vast terrain, from the Middle East to India and China, tracing the history of modern migration against the background of empires, their dissolution, and the onset of modernity. It tells the stories of those forced to flee from war and revolution, and those who left their homes in search of a better life. Whether joyful or poignant, these stories speak of an engagement with new landscapes and new peoples, and they demonstrate how migration has been central to making Asian societies as complex and diverse as they are today.For centuries, migrants have tracked the routes and seas of their ancestors along the Silk Road and across the Indian Ocean and the China Sea. Over the last 150 years, migration within Asia and beyond has been greater than at any other time in history. Sunil S. Amrith's deeply informative book crosses a vast terrain, from the Middle East to India and China, tracing the history of modern migration against the background of empires, their dissolution, and the onset of modernity. It tells the stories of those forced to flee from war and revolution, and those who left their homes in search of a better life. Whether joyful or poignant, these stories speak of an engagement with new landscapes and new peoples, and they demonstrate how migration has been central to making Asian societies as complex and diverse as they are today.Migration is at the heart of Asian history. For centuries migrants have tracked the routes and seas of their ancestors  merchants, pilgrims, soldiers, and sailors  along the Silk Road and across the Indian Ocean andl#X