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CHAP. 5

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

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  1. CHAP. 5 JAPANESE AMERICA

  2. Groupings-unique • Issei • 1885-1924

  3. JAPANESE • Shared experience • Other immigrants?

  4. Farm laborers, Hawaii • Late 1800’s

  5. ??? • Push • Japan • $$$ • Conscription, 1873 • Pull • $$$

  6. 1882, exclusion

  7. Contract laborers

  8. Concentrated popul. • West

  9. AGRICULTURE • Workers to owners • Berries, vegetables • Labor intens. • Dominant

  10. CA • 50% + • vertical dom.

  11. George shima • Potato king • $$$

  12. Little Tokyos • Urban devel. • L.A.

  13. Businesses

  14. discrimination • “Asians” lumped • Hysteria, fear • Public • ??? $$$

  15. 1906: school segre. • Gentlemen’s, 1908 • Hawaii? • Effects?

  16. Picture brides

  17. Alien Land Act, 1913

  18. Immigration act of 1924

  19. commUNITY • Media, language

  20. family • Education, values, work ethic

  21. nisei • School • Jobs, “white-collar” • Cultural, community emph. • Politics?

  22. perspective • Not romanticized • Not “us vs. them”

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