Islanders in the Empire - Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i - Hardback - 2014

Using plantation documents, missionary records, government documents, and oral histories, this book analyzes how the workers interacted with Hawaiian government structures and businesses, how US policies for colonial workers differed from those for citizens or foreigners, and how policies aided corporate and imperial interests.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 248 pages, 2 black white photographs
Format: Hardback
Serie: Asian American Experience