Island
Island

Author: H. Mark Lai

Publisher: San Francisco Study Center

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 190

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The Korean Frontier in America
The Korean Frontier in America

Author: Wayne Patterson

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1994-08-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780824816506

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Korean immigration to Hawaii provides a striking glimpse of the inner workings of Yi-dynasty Korea in its final decade. It is a picture of confusion, functionalism, corruption, oppression, and failure of leadership at all levels of government. Patterson suggests that the weakness of the Korean government on the issue of emigration made it easier for Japanese imperialism to succeed in Korea. He also revises the standard interpretation of Japanese foreign policy by suggestion that prestige—the need to prevent the United States from passing a Japanese exclusion act—as well as security was a motivating factor in the establishment of a protectorate over Korea in 1905. In the process he uncovers a heretofore hidden link between Japanese imperialism in Korea and Japanese-American relations at the turn of the century. The author has made extensive use of archival materials in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. in researching a subject that has been neglected both in the United States and Korea. The study presents new information on the subject along with a keen analysis and innovative interpretation in a readable and accessible style. The work will be of significant value to specialists in Korean history, Korean-American relations, Japanese history, Japanese-Korean relations, U.S.-Japanese relations, Hawaiian history, and U.S. diplomatic history.

Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910
Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910

Author: Samuel Joseph

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-10-05

Total Pages: 150

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In Samuel Joseph's meticulously researched book, 'Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910', the author delves into the wave of Jewish immigrants who came to America during this pivotal time period. Joseph's historical analysis is both detailed and insightful, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities that faced these immigrants as they sought to build new lives in a new land. The book is written in a clear and engaging style, making it a valuable resource for scholars and general readers interested in the history of American immigration and the Jewish experience in the United States. The author's attention to detail and nuanced understanding of the social and political context of the time period enriches the reader's understanding of this important chapter in American history.

After Ellis Island
After Ellis Island

Author: Susan Cotts Watkins

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Published: 1994-04-21

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1610445511

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After Ellis Island is an unprecedented study of America's foreign-born population at a critical juncture in immigration history. The new century had witnessed a tremendous surge in European immigration, and by 1910 immigrants and their children numbered nearly one third of the U.S. population. The census of that year drew from these newcomers a particularly rich trove of descriptive information, one from which the contributors to After Ellis Island draw to create an unmatched profile of American society in transition. Chapters written especially for this volume explore many aspects of the immigrants' lives, such as where they settled, the jobs they held, how long they remained in school, and whether or not they learned to speak English. More than a demographic catalog, After Ellis Island employs a wide range of comparisons among ethnic groups to probe whether differences in childbirth, child mortality, and education could be traced to cultural or environmental causes. Did differences in schooling levels diminish among groups in the same social and economic circumstances, or did they persist along ethnic lines? Did absorption into mainstream America—measured through duration of U.S. residence, neighborhood mingling, and ability to speak English—blur ethnic differences and increase chances for success? After Ellis Island also shows how immigrants eased the nation's transition from agriculture to manufacturing by providing essential industrial laborers. After Ellis Island offers a major assessment of ethnic diversity in early twentieth century American society. The questions it addresses about assimilation and employment among immigrants in 1910 acquire even greater significance as we observe a renewed surge of foreign arrivals. This volume will be valuable to sociologists and historians of immigration, to demographers and economists, and to all those interested in the relationship of ethnicity to opportunity.