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First published 2025 by Cornell University Press
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Low, Kelvin E. Y., author.
Title: Bracketed belonging : Gurkha migrant warriors and transnational lives / Kelvin E.Y. Low.
Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025. | Series: Police/worlds : studies in security, crime, and governance | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024040234 (print) | LCCN 2024040235 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501781612 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501781629 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501781636 (epub) | ISBN 9781501781643 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Gurkha soldiers—Employment—Foreign countries. | Private security services—Employees—Relocation. | Private military companies—Employees—Relocation. | Gorkha (South Asian people)—Foreign countries—Ethnic identity. | Gorkha (South Asian people)—Migrations. | Transnationalism—Social aspects. | Belonging (Social psychology) | Nepal—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects.
Classification: LCC DS493.9.G8 L69 2025 (print) | LCC DS493.9.G8 (ebook) | DDC 305.8914—dc23/eng/20250121
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