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