Description |
1 online resource (x, 227 pages) |
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Asian american experience |
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Asian American experience.
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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 |
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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 |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Hawaii -- History
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Migrant labor -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Puerto Ricans -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century
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Filipinos -- Hawai -- History -- 20th century
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Puerto Ricans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Filipinos -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Labor mobility -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Filipinos
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Filipinos -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Labor mobility
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Migrant agricultural laborers
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy
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Migrant labor -- Government policy
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Puerto Ricans
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Puerto Ricans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Hawaii
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021701853 |
ISBN |
9780252096471 |
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0252096479 |
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