TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poblete,JoAnna
TI  - Islanders in the empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican laborers in Hawai'i 
T2  - Asian american experience
SN  - 9780252096471
AV  - HD1527.H3 
U1  - 331.5/440896872950969 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Migrant agricultural laborers
KW  - Hawaii
KW  - History
KW  - Government policy
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Migrant labor
KW  - Puerto Ricans
KW  - Filipinos
KW  - Hawai
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Labor mobility
KW  - Travailleurs agricoles migrants
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Travailleurs migrants
KW  - Portoricains
KW  - Main-d'œuvre
KW  - Mobilité
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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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