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Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i - Couverture souple

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Poblete, JoAnna

 
9780252082610: Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0252082613 ISBN 13 : 9780252082610
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

JoAnna Poblete is an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252082613
ISBN 13 
9780252082610
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
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Personne responsable
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