Description: California's Pioneering Punjabis : An American Story, Hardcover by Terhune, Lea; Singh, . (FRW), ISBN 1467148873, ISBN-13 9781467148870, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "…evocative vignettes and inspiring stories from many of California's South Asian American citizens…" Paul Michael Taylor, Director, Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, adventurous travelers left the Punjab in India to seek their fortune in California and beyond. Laboring in farms, fields and orchards for low wages while enduring racial discrimination, they strove to put down roots in their new home. Bhagat Singh Thind, an immigrant who served in the United States Army, had his citizenship granted and revoked twice before a 1936 law expanded naturalization to all World War I veterans, regardless of race. Dalip Singh Saund obtained a master's degree and doctorate in mathematics from UC Berkeley only to return to farming when no one would hire him. In 1956, Saund went on to become the first Asian elected to the . Congress. Ethnic South Asians are now found in every trade and profession in the United States, including the Office of the Vice President. Descendants of the first Punjabi immigrants from Yuba City to the Imperial Valley still farm, adding to the rich tapestry of the Central Valley. Author Lea Terhune recounts the risks, setbacks and persistence of the people who achieved their American dreams.
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Book Title: California's Pioneering Punjabis : an American Story
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Emigration & Immigration, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2023
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Photography, History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Lea Terhune
Item Width: 7.5 in
Book Series: American Heritage Ser.
Format: Hardcover
