"Firstly though, thanks to my Mum and Dad for tolerating me from a young age and giving me so much. I am also grateful to my wonderful siblings Owen and Gareth for allowing me to be the middle child, and Kate, for being such an inspiration. As for my late grandparents; Rhoda, Cy…
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Transliteration and Translation -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Two Seas, Many Greens -- 1. Green Scenery -- 2. The Blueness of Green -- 3. How Green Can Become Red -- 4. The Memory of Date Palm Green -- 5. The Struggle for the Manam…
Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of …
Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of …
Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of …
""Andrew M. Gardner expertly combines in-depth ethnography with theoretical sophistication in this important look at the complex linkages between labor, migration, globalization, and the structural violence that accompanies the new world economic order. Gardner follows the labyr…
Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the Persian Gulf states and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of …
CONTENTS. Culture shock. Press-ganged! Spiritual affairs. Cradle to grave. Custom and practice. Jamboree capers. Jolly good company? Social services. Heavy weather. Tales of the cat. A new deal. Fire disaster. Kuwait to Beirut. Assassination plot. Forty years on. …