Choice Review

The case studies in this summary of fieldwork among Indian Americans appear to be of professionals, and one wonders whether this makes for differences and similarities with the general US population. There is also an occupational bias; for example, did Indian migrants before the 1965 US law on immigration have a different experience than later immigrants? Did those who settled in the Silicon Valley have different experiences than those in the eastern and southern US, as suggested in regionally based case studies? The fieldwork resulted in data analysis that is more qualitative than quantitative. Joshi (education, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.) indicates that in the US, everyone who comes from India is categorized as being "Indian American" without any regard for language differences, such as between Bengali and Kashmiri. Appropriate for beginning undergraduates. Summing Up: Recommended. Public, general, and undergraduate collections. L. Sabaratnam Davidson College