American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941

Published by Univ. of California Press (2003), Berkeley [CA], 2003

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24x15cm, xviii,302 pp. Contents: Introduction: The Role of Colonialism; Charting the Pacific; Empire and Migration; Education in the Metropole; Working the American West; Region and Labor; Crossings and Connections; Power and Choice: Resistance, Return, and Organization; Insiders and Outsiders; Conclusion: The Past and the Future ["Historically, Filipina/o Americans have been one of the oldest and largest Asian American groups in the United States. In this pathbreaking work of historical scholarship, Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony traces the evolution of Seattle as a major site for Philippine immigration between World Wars I and II and examines the dynamics of the community through the frameworks of race, place, gender, and class. By positing Seattle as a colonial metropolis for Filipina/os in the United States, Fujita-Rony reveals how networks of transpacific trade and militarism encouraged migration to the city, leading to the early establishment of a Filipina/o American community in the area. By the 1920s and 1930s, a vibrant Filipina/o American society had developed in Seattle, creating a culture whose members, including some who were not of Filipina/o descent, chose to pursue options in the U.S. or in the Philippines. Fujita-Rony also shows how racism against Filipina/o Americans led to constant mobility into and out of Seattle, making it a center of a thriving ethnic community in which only some remained permanently, given its limited possibilities for employment.." - Publisher's description].…

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Title
American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941
Author
Fujita-Rony, Dorothy B.
Publisher
Univ. of California Press (2003), Berkeley [CA]
Publication year
2003
Condition
Minor rubbing. VG.
Binding
orig.cloth
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Textual maps & illustrations
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Filipino Immigration

Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books

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Social - Political & Religious Movements, Indian Subcontinent, Economic & Colonial History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Linguistics; Classical Philology; Archaeology, Anthropology & Comparative Religion, Africa; Asia; Latin America

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