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Civil rights in wartime : the post-9/11 Sikh experience / Dawinder S. Sidhu, Neha Singh Gohil ; [foreword by Amy Chua].

Title
Civil rights in wartime : the post-9/11 Sikh experience / Dawinder S. Sidhu, Neha Singh Gohil ; [foreword by Amy Chua].
Author
Sidhu, Dawinder S.
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Gohil, Neha Singh.
  • Chua, Amy
Description
xvii, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Punjab : the Sikh homeland -- Founding and early development of Sikhism -- Fighting against injustice -- Sikh migration to the West -- Contemporary Sikh history -- Spiritual significance and physical aspects of the Sikh turban -- Harassment -- Bullying of Sikh students -- Violence -- Profiling -- Employment discrimination -- Detention -- Denial of entry into public places -- France -- Britain -- Ireland -- Other Western nations -- Canada -- United States -- The human costs -- The emergence of Sikh advocacy -- Non-traditional efforts -- Government appeals for tolerance -- Federal enforcement and outreach
ISBN
  • 9780754675532 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 075467553X (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780754699255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0754699250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780754699255 (ebk.)
LCCN
^^2009031264
OCLC
  • 428823401
  • SCSB-10322015
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library