American workers, colonial power : Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941 /

Publisher's description: 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fujita-Rony, Dorothy B., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Filipino Americans > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century.
Filipino Americans > Washington (State) > Seattle > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrants > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Washington (State) > Seattle > Social conditions > 20th century.
Américains d'origine philippine > Washington (État) > Seattle > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine philippine > Washington (État) > Seattle > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Emigration and immigration
Ethnic relations
Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans > Social conditions
Immigrants
Immigrants > Social conditions
Social conditions
Seattle (Wash.) > Ethnic relations.
Seattle (Wash.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Philippines > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Seattle (Wash.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Philippines
Washington (State) > Seattle
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I: Charting the Pacific
  • Empire and migration
  • Education in the Metropole
  • II: Working the American West
  • Region and labor
  • Crossings and connections
  • III: Power and choice
  • Resistance, return, and organization
  • Insiders and outsiders
  • The past and the future.

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