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Imingaisha : Japanese Emigration Companies and Hawaii, 1894-1908 /
Between 1894 and 1908 imingaisha, emigration companies, were the only means by which large groups of Japanese workers could obtain passage to Hawaii from Japan. These companies signed contracts with 125,000 men and women, promising them steady work in Hawaii with guaranteed wages for three years. Fo...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Notes on Japanese Terms
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 The Background in Japan and Hawaii
- CHAPTER 2 The Government-Sponsored Emigration Period
- CHAPTER 3 The Emigrant Protection Law
- CHAPTER 4 Emigration Companies in Japan: The Stage and the Actors
- CHAPTER 5 Emigration Companies and the Emigration Process in Japan
- CHAPTER 6 Emigration Companies in Hawaii: The Stage and the Actors
- CHAPTER 7 Emigration Companies in Hawaii: The Immigration Process
- CHAPTER 8 The End of the Emigration Companies
- CHAPTER 9 The Legacy of the Emigration Companies
- APPENDIXES
- 1. Contract for Government-Sponsored Emigrants
- 2. Imperial Emigration Company Labor Agreement
- 3. Tokyo Emigration Company Labor Contract
- 4. Kobe Immigration Company Labor Contract
- 5. Japanese Immigration Bureau Labor Contract
- 6. Dollar Exchange Rate for 100 Yen, 1884-1908
- 7. The Emigrant Protection Law
- 8. Japanese Consuls General in Honolulu, 1886-1908
- 9. Emigration Companies That Failed to Meet the Six-Month Deadline, 1894-1902
- 10. Business License Applicants Turned Down by the Foreign Ministry, 1896-1906
- 11. Agents in the U.S. and Canada and the Companies They Represented, 1899
- 12. Japanese Inspectors, Interpreters, and Doctors Hired by the Hawaiian Government
- 13. Agents in Hawaii
- 14. Major Boardinghouses in Honolulu and Their Owners
- 15. San Francisco Boardinghouse Owners and Agents
- Notes
- Sources Cited
- Index