While the Jewish experience is generally viewed as typifying what constitutes a diaspora and the other two examples are generally taken to be kinds of the classic narrative of dispersal or scattering of peoples, they are not entirely unique. In human history there are a number of similar narratives, and more and more, groups of people are discovering and inventing what may be called a 'diasporic identity', though sometimes the nomenclature is used only as metaphor or simile. In general, analysts and researchers are increasingly of this view, particularly in light of the impact of cultural studies across cognate fields and disciplines. Some of these experiences originate in peaceful dispersal, such as economic migration freely entered into and freely carried out by the agents involved, and therefore resemble the Greek experience. The mass migrations of people across different parts of the globe in the decades following the Second World War are part of this general story. There are also some dramatic past and present situations which more resemble the Jewish and African experiences. A case in point is the mass movement of indentured Indian labourers from the Asian subcontinent to the British Caribbean and Pacific islands between 1840 and 1918, described by one historian as 'a new system of slavery'. The Chinese and the Irish share a similar story of migration, which was due to extreme poverty and famine in the nineteenth century. To each of these narratives may be added people who migrated and strengthened these respective communities after the Second World War. This continues into the present, particularly with the widespread destabilization of Middle Eastern societies and political instability and poverty in Asia and Africa.