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Islanders in the empire : Filipino and Puerto Rican laborers in Hawai'i / JoAnna Poblete.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian American experiencePublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (x, 227 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252096471
  • 0252096479
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islanders in the empireDDC classification:
  • 331.5/440896872950969 23
LOC classification:
  • HD1527.H3
Other classification:
  • SOC043000 | SOC007000
Online resources:
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.
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"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 082

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