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Author Poblete, JoAnna, 1974-

Title Islanders in the empire : Filipino and Puerto Rican laborers in Hawai'i / JoAnna Poblete
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 227 pages)
Series Asian american experience
Asian American experience.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Defining U.S. Colonial Experiences: The Long History of U.S. Expansionism -- 1. Letters Home: The Failure of Puerto Rican Recruitment -- 2. Flexible and Accommodating: Successful Recruitment and Renention of Filipinos -- 3. Indefinite Dependence: U.S. Control over Puerto Rican Labor Complaints -- 4. Tensions of Colonial Cooperation: Philippine Authority over Labor Complaints -- 5. Conflicting Convictions; Filipino Ethnic Minister Interactions with the Plantation Community
6. Limited Leadership: Roles of Puerto Rican Labor Agents in the Plantation CommunityConclusion: Current Struggles against U.S. Colonialism and Empire -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary "In the early 1900s, workers from new U.S. colonies in the Philippines and Puerto Rico held unusual legal status. Denied citizenship, they nonetheless had the right to move freely in and out of U.S. jurisdiction. As a result, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans could seek jobs in the United States and its territories despite the anti-immigration policies in place at the time. JoAnna Poblete's Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i takes an in-depth look at how the two groups fared in a third new colony, Hawai'i. Using plantation documents, missionary records, government documents, and oral histories, Poblete analyzes how the workers interacted with Hawaiian government structures and businesses, how U.S. policies for colonial workers differed from those for citizens or foreigners, and how policies aided corporate and imperial interests. A rare tandem study of two groups at work on foreign soil, Islanders in the Empire offers a new perspective on American imperialism and labor issues of the era"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Migrant agricultural laborers -- Hawaii -- History
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Migrant labor -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Puerto Ricans -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century
Filipinos -- Hawai -- History -- 20th century
Puerto Ricans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Filipinos -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Labor mobility -- United States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Filipinos
Filipinos -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Labor mobility
Migrant agricultural laborers
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy
Migrant labor -- Government policy
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Hawaii
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021701853
ISBN 9780252096471
0252096479