From Policemen to Revolutionaries : a Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945.
Cao, Yin.
From Policemen to Revolutionaries : a Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Studies in Global Social History Series ; v.30 . - Studies in Global Social History Series .
Intro -- From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Sikh Migration in the Context of Global Migration -- Shanghai in the Translocal Networks -- Revisiting Sikh Diaspora and British Imperial History -- Rescuing Shanghai Sikhs from Nation -- Sources and Structure -- 1 Establishing the Sikh Police Unit in Shanghai -- Hong Kong as the Reference -- The Rise and Decline of the Localization Policy in the SMP -- A Martial Race in Motion -- "They were Unsuitable for Shanghai": Rejecting the Sikh Scheme -- New Bottle with Old Wine: Revival of the Sikh Scheme -- Conclusion -- 2 The Journey of Isser Singh: A Sikh Migrant in Shanghai -- A Peasant's Son in the Punjab -- Optimizing the Migration Plan -- The Road to Shanghai -- Accommodating the Sikhs -- Policing Hongkou -- "A Man Who Gives Considerable Trouble" -- An Unending End -- Conclusion -- 3 Kill Buddha Singh: The Indian Nationalist Movement in Shanghai, 1914-1927 -- Go to North America! -- The Rise of the Ghadar Party -- The Politicization of Sikhs in Shanghai -- Turning to the Left -- From Hankou to Shanghai: The Ghadar Hubs in China -- "I kill Him Because He was a Bad Man" -- The Rise of a Surveillance Network -- Conclusion -- 4 A Lone Islet or A Center of Communications? Shanghai Sikhs and The Indian National Army -- The Birth of the INA and the Reconciliation of Shanghai Sikhs -- The INA in Crisis and the Hardship of Shanghai Sikhs -- Subhas Chandra Bose and the Total Mobilization -- The Mobilization of the Sikhs in Shanghai -- The End of a Legend -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Circulation, Networks, and Subalterns in Global History -- Bibliography -- Index.
In From Policemen to Revolutionaries, Yin Cao elaborates the rise and fall of the Sikh community in Shanghai by the turn of the twentieth century.
9789004344075
Sikh nationalism.
Sikhs-China-Shanghai-History.
Electronic books.
DS432.S5 .C36 2017
908.82946
From Policemen to Revolutionaries : a Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Studies in Global Social History Series ; v.30 . - Studies in Global Social History Series .
Intro -- From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Sikh Migration in the Context of Global Migration -- Shanghai in the Translocal Networks -- Revisiting Sikh Diaspora and British Imperial History -- Rescuing Shanghai Sikhs from Nation -- Sources and Structure -- 1 Establishing the Sikh Police Unit in Shanghai -- Hong Kong as the Reference -- The Rise and Decline of the Localization Policy in the SMP -- A Martial Race in Motion -- "They were Unsuitable for Shanghai": Rejecting the Sikh Scheme -- New Bottle with Old Wine: Revival of the Sikh Scheme -- Conclusion -- 2 The Journey of Isser Singh: A Sikh Migrant in Shanghai -- A Peasant's Son in the Punjab -- Optimizing the Migration Plan -- The Road to Shanghai -- Accommodating the Sikhs -- Policing Hongkou -- "A Man Who Gives Considerable Trouble" -- An Unending End -- Conclusion -- 3 Kill Buddha Singh: The Indian Nationalist Movement in Shanghai, 1914-1927 -- Go to North America! -- The Rise of the Ghadar Party -- The Politicization of Sikhs in Shanghai -- Turning to the Left -- From Hankou to Shanghai: The Ghadar Hubs in China -- "I kill Him Because He was a Bad Man" -- The Rise of a Surveillance Network -- Conclusion -- 4 A Lone Islet or A Center of Communications? Shanghai Sikhs and The Indian National Army -- The Birth of the INA and the Reconciliation of Shanghai Sikhs -- The INA in Crisis and the Hardship of Shanghai Sikhs -- Subhas Chandra Bose and the Total Mobilization -- The Mobilization of the Sikhs in Shanghai -- The End of a Legend -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Circulation, Networks, and Subalterns in Global History -- Bibliography -- Index.
In From Policemen to Revolutionaries, Yin Cao elaborates the rise and fall of the Sikh community in Shanghai by the turn of the twentieth century.
9789004344075
Sikh nationalism.
Sikhs-China-Shanghai-History.
Electronic books.
DS432.S5 .C36 2017
908.82946