Singing with Sai Baba: The Politics of Revitalization in TrinidadThis book explores the implications & consequences of the emergence of a new, universalistic religion centered on the adoration of a living South Indian holy man--Sathya Sai Baba--as God. |
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Slavery and Indentured Labor | 14 |
East Indians at MidCentury | 28 |
Persistence and Change | 45 |
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