Nation of newcomers: immigrant history as American history
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ch. 1. The racial vectors of empire : classification and competing master narratives in the colonial Philippines -- ch. 2. Transpacific traffic : migration, labor, and settlement -- ch. 3. 'It is the fight of this nation against the Filipinos' : redrawing boundaries of race and nation -- ch. 4. 'Get rid of all Filipinos or we'll burn this town down' : racial revanchism and the contested color line in the interwar West -- ch. 5. 'To guard the doors of my people' : exclusion, independence, and repatriation -- ch. 6. 'Another mirage of democracy' : war, nationality, and asymmetrical allegiance.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second "Asiatic invasions." Perceived as alien because of their Asian ethnicity yet legally defined as American nationals granted more rights than other immigrants, Filipino American national identity was built upon the shifting sands of contradiction, ambiguity, and hostility ... Weaving together an impressive range of materials - including newspapers, government reports, legal documents and archival sources - into a seamless narrative, Baldoz illustrates how the anomalous status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming the politics of race, immigration and nationality in the United States."--Book cover.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Filipino Americans-- History-- 20th century.
Immigrants-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Diplomatic relations.
Emigration and immigration.
Filipino Americans.
Immigrants.
Philippinischer Einwanderer
Soziale Situation
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Philippines, Emigration and immigration, History, 20th century.
Philippines, Foreign relations, United States.
United States, Emigration and immigration, History, 20th century.