From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-34408-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 30/10, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Studies in Global Social History / Studies in Global Migration History

From Policemen to Revolutionaries uncovers the less-known story of Sikh emigrants in Shanghai in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yin Cao argues that the cross-border circulation of personnel and knowledge across the British colonial and the Sikh diasporic networks, facilitated the formation of the Sikh community in Shanghai, eventually making this Chinese city one of the overseas hubs of the Indian nationalist struggle. By adopting a translocal approach, this study elaborates on how the flow of Sikh emigrants, largely regarded as subalterns, initially strengthened but eventually unhinged British colonial rule in East and Southeast Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cao, Yin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Unification 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

Über Autor(innen)

Yin Cao, Ph.D. (2016), National University of Singapore, is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Tsinghua University, China.