Education Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1979 M.Phil. Syracuse University, 1975 M. A. University of Arizona, 1969 B.A., University of Arizona, 1967 Research Interests South Asia, India, Japan, Sikhs, Cross-Cultural Training, ReEntry Theory Contact e-mail: blabrack@pacific.edu |
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The pattern of immigration from South Asian countries has changed since 1965. For example, where once Sikh
immigration predominated from India before that year, immigration from other parts of India became more widespread
and settlement more diverse to countries of destination. As Dr. Labrack (1) observed in his work, "South
Asians", in Our Cultural Heritage: A Guide to America's Principal Ethnic Groups.
Greenwood Press, 1997, pp. (with permission)
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First Sikhs Face Major Problems:
The History of the Sikhs Bruce La Brack. Sikh Sansar. June 1974.
MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF SIKH COMMUNITIES
IN NORTH AMERICA, 1907-1974
La Brack, Bruce.
_____Conflict and Compatibility in Punjabi-Mexican Immigrant Families in Rural California, 1915-1965. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 46 (August 1984): 527-537.
_____"Evolution of Sikh Family Form and Values in Rural California: Continuity and Change 1904-1980. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Special Issue: Family in India and North America. XIX:2 (Summer 1988): 287-307.
_____ The New Patrons: Sikhs Overseas. In The Sikh Diaspora. Edited by N. Gerald Barrier and Verne A. Dusenbery. New Delhi: Manohar Press. 1989: 261-304.
_____Occupational Specialization among Rural California Sikhs: the Interplay of Culture and Economics. Amerasia. 9:2 (1982): 29-56.
_____The Reconstitution of Sikh Society in Rural California. Overseas Indians
_____Rites of Passage: The South Asian Transformation in North America--1900- 1980. Paper presented at the People of South Asia Symposia. October 13, 1984. California StateUniversity at Los Angeles.
_____The Sikhs of northern Califonia, 1904-1975/ Bruce La Brack. New York: AMS Press, c1988
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