Author: Fujita-Rony, Dorothy B.
Title: American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (2003). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xviii,302 pp.. Textual maps & illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Role of Colonialism; Charting the Pacific; Empire and Migration; Education in the Metropole; Working the American West; Region and Labor; Crossings and Connections; Power and Choice: Resistance, Return, and Organization; Insiders and Outsiders; Conclusion: The Past and the Future ["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...." - Publisher's description].

Keywords: Filipino Immigration, Philippines Labor, Filipinos Immigrant, Immigrants Labour, Immigration History, Seattle Washington, Social Historical, Ethnic Minority, Asian Minorities