TY - BOOK ID - 30771420 TI - Islanders in the empire PY - 2014 SN - 0252096479 9780252096471 0252038290 0252082613 9780252038297 PB - Urbana DB - UniCat KW - Migrant agricultural laborers KW - Migrant labor KW - Puerto Ricans KW - Filipinos KW - Labor mobility KW - Philippinos KW - Pilipinos KW - Mobility, Labor KW - Labor, Migrant KW - Migrant workers KW - Migrants (Migrant labor) KW - Migratory workers KW - Transient labor KW - Agricultural migrants KW - Migrant agricultural workers KW - Migrant farm workers KW - Migrants KW - History. KW - Government policy KW - History KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies. KW - Ethnology KW - Migration, Internal KW - Labor supply KW - Labor turnover KW - Employees KW - Casual labor KW - Agricultural laborers KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - E-books KW - Boricuas UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30771420 AB - "In the early 1900s, workers from new U.S. colonies in the Philippines and Puerto Rico held unusual legal status. Denied citizenship, they nonetheless had the right to move freely in and out of U.S. jurisdiction. As a result, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans could seek jobs in the United States and its territories despite the anti-immigration policies in place at the time. JoAnna Poblete's Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i takes an in-depth look at how the two groups fared in a third new colony, Hawai'i. Using plantation documents, missionary records, government documents, and oral histories, Poblete analyzes how the workers interacted with Hawaiian government structures and businesses, how U.S. policies for colonial workers differed from those for citizens or foreigners, and how policies aided corporate and imperial interests. A rare tandem study of two groups at work on foreign soil, Islanders in the Empire offers a new perspective on American imperialism and labor issues of the era"-- ER -