CHAP. 5 JAPANESE AMERICA
Groupings-unique Issei 1885-1924
JAPANESE Shared experience Other immigrants?
Farm laborers, Hawaii Late 1800’s
??? Push Japan $$$ Conscription, 1873 Pull
1882, exclusion
Contract laborers
Concentrated popul. West
AGRICULTURE Workers to owners Berries, vegetables Dominant Labor intens. Dominant
CA 50% + vertical dom.
George shima Potato king $$$
Little Tokyos Urban devel. L.A.
Businesses
discrimination “Asians” lumped Hysteria, fear Public ??? $$$
1906: school segre. Gentlemen’s, 1908 Hawaii? Effects?
Picture brides
Alien Land Act, 1913
Immigration act of 1924
commUNITY Media, language
family Education, values, work ethic
nisei School Jobs, “white-collar” Cultural, community emph. Politics?
perspective Not romanticized Not “us vs. them”