Lured by the American dream : Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 /

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"Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paligutan, P. James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Colección:Asian American experience.
Temas:
United States. > Navy > Filipino Americans.
United States. > Coast Guard > Filipino Americans.
United States. > Navy > Stewards > History.
United States. > Coast Guard > Stewards > History.
United States. > Coast Guard
United States. > Navy
1900-1999
Filipino Americans > California > San Diego > Interviews.
Américains d'origine philippine > Californie > San Diego > Entretiens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Armed Forces > Stewards
Filipino Americans
Race relations
Stewards
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
California > San Diego
United States
History
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "A metaphysics of absence" : Filipino Americans in the margins of U.S. history
  • Colonial past, neocolonial present
  • The Navy's search for postcolonial servants
  • Adrift from the American Dream
  • Tales of resistance
  • The Navy's "Filipino servant problem"
  • Achieving the American Dream.

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