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Author:   Sanjoy Chakravorty (Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University) ,  Devesh Kapur (Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania) ,  Nirvikar Singh (Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.642kg
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9780190648749

ISBN 10:   0190648740
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   09 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements PREFACE CHAPTER 1. A SHORT HISTORY OF SMALL NUMBERS CHAPTER 2. SELECTED FOR SUCCESS CHAPTER 3. A COAT OF MANY COLORS CHAPTER 4. BECOMING AMERICAN CHAPTER 5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY THE NUMBERS CHAPTER 6. ENTREPRENEURIAL NARRATIVES, NICHES AND NETWORKS CHAPTER 7. HOST AND HOME APPENDIX . DATA USED AND EXPLANATIONS

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No political issue is hotter than immigration. And no immigrant group has been more successful than Indians in the United States. This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of the Indian immigrant experience. It deserves close attention from all those concerned not just with the future of Indian communities but with America's future. - Larry Summers, former President, Harvard University; former U.S. Treasury Secretary In the last half-century, Americans of Indian descent epitomize how new waves of immigrants have been renewing our communities and our economy. <em>The Other One Percent</em> adopts a wide-ranging, data-based approach to understanding the fascinating rise of the Indian-American community in the United States. This insightful volume holds valuable lessons for rethinking immigration in the decades to come. -Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and United States Ambassador to China In <em>The Other One Percent</em>, we get a full, first-ever picture of Indian-Americans, who have recently become among the largest nationality group of new immigrants to the U.S. and are also the most successful by many measures, including education, income and entrepreneurship. To understand how smart, updated immigration policies can harness the advantages of immigration for the U.S. today and into the future, this book offers a compelling case-in-point and call-to-action for Congress. -Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute <em>The Other One Percent</em> is a methodologically sophisticated, interdisciplinary treatment of the Indian diaspora. It combines scrupulous regard for data, with a deep historical insight, and sociological imagination to produce a deeply engrossing work. It provides a riveting and textured portrait of the Indian diaspora, its formation, its political preferences, its social and economic base. The book will unsettle many entrenched assumptions and open up a large research agenda. -Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

In this new era of populism, <em>The Other One Percent</em> is a rigorous, fact-based analysis of how cross-border flows of brainy and ambitious people make the world a better place. Politicians and policymakers in both America and in India should make sure they read it. -<em>The Economist</em> No political issue is hotter than immigration. And no immigrant group has been more successful than Indians in the United States. This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of the Indian immigrant experience. It deserves close attention from all those concerned not just with the future of Indian communities but with America's future. -Larry Summers, former President, Harvard University; former U.S. Treasury Secretary In the last half-century, Americans of Indian descent epitomize how new waves of immigrants have been renewing our communities and our economy. <em>The Other One Percent</em> adopts a wide-ranging, data-based approach to understanding the fascinating rise of the Indian-American community in the United States. This insightful volume holds valuable lessons for rethinking immigration in the decades to come. -Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and United States Ambassador to China In <em>The Other One Percent</em>, we get a full, first-ever picture of Indian-Americans, who have recently become among the largest nationality group of new immigrants to the U.S. and are also the most successful by many measures, including education, income and entrepreneurship. To understand how smart, updated immigration policies can harness the advantages of immigration for the U.S. today and into the future, this book offers a compelling case-in-point and call-to-action for Congress. -Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute <em>The Other One Percent</em> is a methodologically sophisticated, interdisciplinary treatment of the Indian diaspora. It combines scrupulous regard for data, with a deep historical insight, and sociological imagination to produce a deeply engrossing work. It provides a riveting and textured portrait of the Indian diaspora, its formation, its political preferences, its social and economic base. The book will unsettle many entrenched assumptions and open up a large research agenda. -Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

During the course of their research, Chakravorty, Kapur and Singh have turned up countless new nuggets of information. So much of what we know about people of Indian origin in America is anecdotal that it is a relief to read a definitive interdisciplinary study drawing on data that involve a significant number of people. We learn about a complex group of over two million individuals who are becoming increasingly visible and influential in American public life. -<em>The Indian Express</em> In this new era of populism, <em>The Other One Percent</em> is a rigorous, fact-based analysis of how cross-border flows of brainy and ambitious people make the world a better place. Politicians and policymakers in both America and in India should make sure they read it. -<em>The Economist</em> No political issue is hotter than immigration. And no immigrant group has been more successful than Indians in the United States. This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of the Indian immigrant experience. It deserves close attention from all those concerned not just with the future of Indian communities but with America's future. -Larry Summers, former President, Harvard University; former U.S. Treasury Secretary In the last half-century, Americans of Indian descent epitomize how new waves of immigrants have been renewing our communities and our economy. <em>The Other One Percent</em> adopts a wide-ranging, data-based approach to understanding the fascinating rise of the Indian-American community in the United States. This insightful volume holds valuable lessons for rethinking immigration in the decades to come. -Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and United States Ambassador to China In <em>The Other One Percent</em>, we get a full, first-ever picture of Indian-Americans, who have recently become among the largest nationality group of new immigrants to the U.S. and are also the most successful by many measures, including education, income and entrepreneurship. To understand how smart, updated immigration policies can harness the advantages of immigration for the U.S. today and into the future, this book offers a compelling case-in-point and call-to-action for Congress. -Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute <em>The Other One Percent</em> is a methodologically sophisticated, interdisciplinary treatment of the Indian diaspora. It combines scrupulous regard for data, with a deep historical insight, and sociological imagination to produce a deeply engrossing work. It provides a riveting and textured portrait of the Indian diaspora, its formation, its political preferences, its social and economic base. The book will unsettle many entrenched assumptions and open up a large research agenda. -Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

No political issue is hotter than immigration. And no immigrant group has been more successful than Indians in the United States. This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of the Indian immigrant experience. It deserves close attention from all those concerned not just with the future of Indian communities but with America's future. - Larry Summers, former President, Harvard University; former U.S. Treasury Secretary In the last half-century, Americans of Indian descent epitomize how new waves of immigrants have been renewing our communities and our economy. <em>The Other One Percent adopts a wide-ranging, data-based approach to understanding the fascinating rise of the Indian-American community in the United</em> <em>States. This insightful volume holds valuable lessons for rethinking immigration in the decades to come. -Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and United States Ambassador to China</em> In <em>The Other One Percent, we get a full, first-ever picture of Indian-Americans, who have recently become among the largest nationality group of new immigrants to the U.S. and are also the most successful by many measures, including education, income and entrepreneurship. To understand how smart, </em> <em>updated immigration policies can harness the advantages of immigration for the U.S. today and into the future, this book offers a compelling case-in-point and call-to-action for Congress. -Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; Senior Fellow, </em> <em>Migration Policy Institute</em> <em>The Other One Percent is a methodologically sophisticated, interdisciplinary treatment of the Indian diaspora. It combines scrupulous regard for data, with a deep historical insight, and sociological imagination to produce a deeply engrossing work. It provides a riveting and textured portrait of the</em> <em>Indian diaspora, its formation, its political preferences, its social and economic base. The book will unsettle many entrenched assumptions and open up a large research agenda. -Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi</em>

During the course of their research, Chakravorty, Kapur and Singh have turned up countless new nuggets of information. So much of what we know about people of Indian origin in America is anecdotal that it is a relief to read a definitive interdisciplinary study drawing on data that involve a significant number of people. We learn about a complex group of over two million individuals who are becoming increasingly visible and influential in American public life. -The Indian Express In this new era of populism, The Other One Percent is a rigorous, fact-based analysis of how cross-border flows of brainy and ambitious people make the world a better place. Politicians and policymakers in both America and in India should make sure they read it. -The Economist No political issue is hotter than immigration. And no immigrant group has been more successful than Indians in the United States. This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of the Indian immigrant experience. It deserves close attention from all those concerned not just with the future of Indian communities but with America's future. -Larry Summers, former President, Harvard University; former U.S. Treasury Secretary In the last half-century, Americans of Indian descent epitomize how new waves of immigrants have been renewing our communities and our economy. The Other One Percent adopts a wide-ranging, data-based approach to understanding the fascinating rise of the Indian-American community in the United States. This insightful volume holds valuable lessons for rethinking immigration in the decades to come. -Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and United States Ambassador to China In The Other One Percent, we get a full, first-ever picture of Indian-Americans, who have recently become among the largest nationality group of new immigrants to the U.S. and are also the most successful by many measures, including education, income and entrepreneurship. To understand how smart, updated immigration policies can harness the advantages of immigration for the U.S. today and into the future, this book offers a compelling case-in-point and call-to-action for Congress. -Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute The Other One Percent is a methodologically sophisticated, interdisciplinary treatment of the Indian diaspora. It combines scrupulous regard for data, with a deep historical insight, and sociological imagination to produce a deeply engrossing work. It provides a riveting and textured portrait of the Indian diaspora, its formation, its political preferences, its social and economic base. The book will unsettle many entrenched assumptions and open up a large research agenda. -Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

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Sanjoy Chakravorty is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University. Devesh Kapur is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. Nirvikar Singh is Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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