Introduction : structural violence and transnational migration in the Gulf states
Pearls, oil, and the British Empire : a short history of Bahrain
Foreign labor in peril : the Indian transnational proletariat
Strategic transnationalism : the Indian diasporic elite
The public sphere : social clubs and voluntary associations in the Indian community
Contested identities, contested positions : English-language newspapers and the public sphere
The invigorated state : transnationalism, citizen, and state
Conclusion : Bahrain at the vanguard of change in the Gulf.