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9780252038297 Academic Inspection Copy

Islanders in the Empire

Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i
  • ISBN-13: 9780252038297
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By JoAnna Poblete
  • Price: AUD $124.00
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  • Local release date: 14/08/2014
  • Format: Hardback 248 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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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.
''Poblete's skills as a deft historian weave personal everyday stories with historical structural and policy analysis in ways that are exceptionally nuanced and deeply illuminating.'' --Rick Bonus, author of ''Locating Filipino Americans: Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Space''
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