Punjabi Mexicans with Professor Karen Leonard

<p>Hi, my name is Sukhraj Singh and Welcome to the second episode of SikhArchive podcasts, a series of conversations with historians, authors and academics on topics related to their areas of expertise of Sikh history.</p><p>In this episode, we are joined by Professor Karen Leonard. She is a historian and anthropologist at the University of California. With a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin (1969) on the history of India Mexican Americans, South Asian Americans, and Muslim Americans. </p><p><br></p><p>This episode is about her book, Making Ethnic Choices, which was published in 1992 and is a thorough study about the Punjabi Mexican community, it’s formation and a fantastic oral history expose on the early Sikh pioneers of California.</p><p><br></p><p>There are a lot of theories that float around about this small but historically unique community and our conversation with Professor Karen Leonard really does clear up a lot of these misconceptions and we hope you enjoy listening to this episode.</p><p><strong><a rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★" href="https://www.patreon.com/sikharchive">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a></strong></p>