Main entry:

Wright, Andrea (Professor), author.

Title & Author:

Between dreams and ghosts : Indian migration and Middle Eastern oil / Andrea Wright.

Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
©2021

Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index.
Introduction : beyond scarcity and surplus -- Part I. Of mangoes and men. Protecting vulnerable citizens -- Cultivating entrepreneurs -- Building influential networks -- Part II. Connective substances. Making kin with gold -- The Rig and the temple -- Part III. The weight of tradition. Blowing sand -- The demon of unsafe acts -- Conclusion : enduring debts.

Summary:

"More than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking readers to sites in India, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, from villages to oilfields and back again. Engaging all parties involved-the migrants themselves, the recruiting agencies that place them, the government bureaucrats that regulate their emigration, and the corporations that hire them-Andrea Wright examines labor migration as a social process as it reshapes global capitalism. With this book, Wright demonstrates how migration is deeply informed both by workers' dreams for the future and the ghosts of history, including the enduring legacies of colonial capitalism. As workers navigate bureaucratic hurdles to migration and working conditions in the Gulf, they in turn influence and inform state policies and corporate practices. Placing migrants at the center of global capital rather than its periphery, Wright shows how migrants are not passive bodies at the mercy of abstract forces-and reveals through their experiences a new understanding of contemporary resource extraction, governance, and global labor"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781503629516 hardcover
1503629511 hardcover
9781503630109 paperback
1503630102 paperback
electronic book
9781503630116

Subject:

Foreign workers, East Indian Persian Gulf States.
Petroleum workers Persian Gulf States.
East Indians Persian Gulf States.
Petroleum industry and trade Social aspects Persian Gulf States.
Travailleurs étrangers de l'Inde États du golfe Persique.
Travailleurs du pétrole États du golfe Persique.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) États du golfe Persique.
Pétrole Industrie et commerce Aspect social États du golfe Persique.
East Indians
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
Foreign workers, East Indian
Petroleum industry and trade Social aspects
Petroleum workers
Persian Gulf States Emigration and immigration Social aspects.
India Emigration and immigration Social aspects.
États du golfe Persique Émigration et immigration Aspect social.
India
Persian Gulf States

Added entries:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315748
Call No.: 315748
Copy: 1
Status: Available