Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans

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For immigrants to America, from Europeans in the early twentieth century through later Latinos, Asians, and Caribbeans, gaining social and political ground has generally been considered an exercise in ethnic and racial solidarity. The experience of South Asian Americans, one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in recent years, tells a diff

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"Sangay K. Mishras book is the first of its kind involving the politics of South Asians in the United States. Desis Divided fills an important gap in the study of Asian American politics and speaks to a larger literature on minority political incorporation, showing both the strengths and limitations of Desi political involvement."Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside

"Mishra paints a picture of a community whose heterogeneity has manifested itself in remarkable ways. There was so much about the South Asian American political experience that I did not truly appreciate until I read Desis Divided."The Aerogram

"Recommended."CHOICE

"An important, fresh take on the study of immigrant political behavior."Political Science Quarterly

Author Bio

Sangay K. Mishra is assistant professor of political science at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.