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New Puritans, The: The Sikhs of Yuba City
Content:	Documentary Film
Available From:	Center for Asian American Media, The (CAAM)
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Media Type:	Videocassette
Release Date:	1985
Audience:	Higher Education Secondary Education
Running Time:	27 min.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (27 min.): col., 1/2"
Language:	English
Author:	John Street Productions Produced in association with the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley Written by Tenzing Sonam, Jeff Wagner, Ritu Sarin
Subject:	Diaspora and Ethnicity History Philosophy and Religion
Subheading:	History, 1900-1950 History, 1951-1980 Indian Sikhism
Region:	Immigration/Diaspora

"Forced economically from their farms in the state of Punjab, the first Sikh immigrants came to California in the early 1900s, creating a rural life that mirrored their native India. This film lucidly portrays the cultural and generational conflicts faced by all immigrant groups."

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