Earlier edition published in 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Situating desis in U.S. ethnoracial politics -- South Asian Americans and immigration regimes: exclusion, Ghadar rebellion, and Silicon Valley -- Political incorporation and new immigrants: beyond racial solidarity -- Race, religion, and communities: South Asians in the post-9/11 United States -- Mapping the modes of mobilization -- Transnationalism and political participation: the challenges of "in-between" Americans -- Diasporic nationalism and fragments within -- Negotiating identities and crafting political solidarities -- The 2016 U.S. elections and South Asian Americans.