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Reconstructing the ‘Plural Society’: Asian Migration Between Empire and Nation, 1940–19481.

Authors :
Amrith, Sunil
Source :
Past & Present; Jan2011 Supplement 6, Vol. 210 Issue suppl_6, p237-257, 21p
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

The article discusses efforts implemented during and after World War Two that were intended to reconstruct and reorient patterns of inter-Asian migration. It is attested that Japanese conquests and the collapse of European imperialism transformed the political and social histories of many parts of Asia, thereby interrupting the mass migration of men from southern China and south India to the frontier regions of South East Asia. The paper urges that one of the central tenets in the process of nation-building that took place during the post-war reconstruction process posited that it was difficult to foster ethical citizenship within cultural plurality. This allegedly diminished Asia’s trend of migration until it resumed in the 1990s.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00312746
Volume :
210
Issue :
suppl_6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Past & Present
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
57562156
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtq049