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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. The book addresses class distinctions as well as gender relations, and also situates the growth of Filipina/o Seattle within the regional history of the American West, in addition to the larger arena of U.S.-Philippines relations.
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"An immensely ambitious book, American Workers, Colonial Power is a regional history with ever widening spatial and social circles, each one layered and complex. Filipina/o Seattle, this study shows, reflects and exemplifies much of the American West and U.S., and affirms the mutually influential relationship, especially in terms of culture, between the U.S. and the Philippines. This is a work of deep scholarship and broad significance."--Gary Y. Okihiro, author of Common Ground: Reimagining American History
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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. The book addresses class distinctions as well as gender relations, and also situates the growth of Filipina/o Seattle within the regional history of the American West, in addition to the larger arena of U.S.-Philippines relations.
From the Inside Flap
"An immensely ambitious book, American Workers, Colonial Power is a regional history with ever widening spatial and social circles, each one layered and complex. Filipina/o Seattle, this study shows, reflects and exemplifies much of the American West and U.S., and affirms the mutually influential relationship, especially in terms of culture, between the U.S. and the Philippines. This is a work of deep scholarship and broad significance."--Gary Y. Okihiro, author of Common Ground: Reimagining American History
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A popular portrayal of pre-World War II Asian American history is that of Asian workers, almost always men, coming to the United States in search of opportunities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
transpacific economy, labor immigration under capitalism, canned salmon industry, colonial metropole, cannery work, transpacific trade, salmon canning industry, bachelor society, migratory workers, immigration studies, alien land laws, heterosexual nuclear families Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, University of Washington, American West, San Francisco, Pio De Cano, New York, West Coast, Native American, Asian American, African American, Chinese American, Los Angeles, Pacific Ocean, Philippine Advocate, Washington State, Bibiana Laigo Castillano, Charting the Pacific, Yakima Valley, Felipe Dumlao, Nueva Ecija, Filipino American National Historical Society, Great Depression, Mexican American, Ponce Torres New!
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A popular portrayal of pre-World War II Asian American history is that of Asian workers, almost always men, coming to the United States in search of opportunities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
transpacific economy, labor immigration under capitalism, canned salmon industry, colonial metropole, cannery work, transpacific trade, salmon canning industry, bachelor society, migratory workers, immigration studies, alien land laws, heterosexual nuclear families Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, University of Washington, American West, San Francisco, Pio De Cano, New York, West Coast, Native American, Asian American, African American, Chinese American, Los Angeles, Pacific Ocean, Philippine Advocate, Washington State, Bibiana Laigo Castillano, Charting the Pacific, Yakima Valley, Felipe Dumlao, Nueva Ecija, Filipino American National Historical Society, Great Depression, Mexican American, Ponce Torres New!
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- Asian Americans: An Interpretive History (Immigrant Heritage of America Series) by Sucheng Chan on 9 pages
- Asians in America by H. Brett Melendy on 8 pages
- American Labor (Merit Badge Series) by Boy Scouts of America on 7 pages
- Experiences in a Promised Land: Essays in Pacific Northwest History by G. Thomas Edwards on 5 pages
- America Is in the Heart: A Personal History (Washington Paperbacks, Wp-68) by Carlos Bulosan on 5 pages
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