Redefining the Immigrant South
Book • 2020
Uzma Quraishi's 'Redefining the Immigrant South' explores the Cold War-era journeys of South Asian international students from U.S.
Information Service reading rooms in India and Pakistan to the University of Houston and the suburban communities of Alief and Sugar Land.
The book examines how public diplomacy programs facilitated the arrival of educated, middle-class Asians in the U.S.
before the Hart-Celler Act of 1965.
Drawing on archival documents, GIS data, and oral interviews, Quraishi investigates the formation of an interethnic identity in Houston and the immigrants' social and geographical positioning in a booming yet segregated Sunbelt city.
The study conceptualizes their mobility as 'brown flight,' strengthening ethnic bonds while reinforcing racial and class barriers.
This work connects international and local scales to provide insights into Asian American history, U.S.
South, immigration, U.S. foreign relations, and sub/urban studies.
Information Service reading rooms in India and Pakistan to the University of Houston and the suburban communities of Alief and Sugar Land.
The book examines how public diplomacy programs facilitated the arrival of educated, middle-class Asians in the U.S.
before the Hart-Celler Act of 1965.
Drawing on archival documents, GIS data, and oral interviews, Quraishi investigates the formation of an interethnic identity in Houston and the immigrants' social and geographical positioning in a booming yet segregated Sunbelt city.
The study conceptualizes their mobility as 'brown flight,' strengthening ethnic bonds while reinforcing racial and class barriers.
This work connects international and local scales to provide insights into Asian American history, U.S.
South, immigration, U.S. foreign relations, and sub/urban studies.
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Uzma Quraishi, "Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston During the Cold War" (UNC Press, 2020)
