Money, Migration, and Family India to Australia
This book tells the story of nearly five decades of Indian migration to Australia from the late 1960s to 2015, through the eyes of migrants and their families. Firstly, there is the marked increase of Indian migrants, shifting from the earlier professiona
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Money, Migration, and Family
Supriya Singh
Money, Migration, and Family India to Australia
Supriya Singh Graduate School of Business and Law RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ISBN 978-1-137-55716-2 ISBN 978-1-137-54886-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54886-3
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PREFACE
The stories of migrants and their families in India and Australia tell of loss and separation. They are also stories of intense family connection via communication and the sending of money. Between the late 1960s and 2014, money and communication have become more reciprocal. Today, migration is experienced as mobility rather than settlement. Ideas of family have been re-imagined in Australia and India to provide care for the children and older people. These themes are intertwined in the
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