{"product_id":"from-policemen-to-revolutionaries-a-sikh-diaspora-in-global-shanghai-1885-1945-9789004344082","title":"From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[...] it is worth reading From Policemen to Revolutionaries for its creative and global thinking on migration history, modern Chinese history, Indian history and British imperial history. Furthermore, the study draws  impressively on an abundance of global primary sources in various languages (English, Chinese, Indian), from official archives (Shanghai Municipal Council, Colonial Office, Indian Office) to local newspaper (London, India, Singapore, California, Hong Kong, Shanghai)\". Jiang Jiaxin, in Crossroads, 19 (2020), pp. 99-115.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210703561047,"sku":"9789004344082","price":111.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-policemen-to-revolutionaries-a-sikh-diaspora-in-global-shanghai-1885-1945-9789004344082","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}