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Author Lasker, Bruno, 1880-1965.

Title Filipino immigration : to continental United States and to Hawaii / by Bruno Lasker
Published Chicago, Ill. : Pub. for the American council, Institute of Pacific relations, by the University of Chicago press, [1931]
[©1931]

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Description xxii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps, plates ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter -- I A New Immigration Movement 3 -- I. The Arrival of the Filipino 3 -- 2. Public Opinion and the Filip no 7 -- Ii Cases Of Acute Conflict 1 -- Iii The Main Facts Of Filipino Migration To The -- Mainland Of The United States 21 -- . Number and Distribution 21 -- 2. Sex and Age Comrposition 23 -- 3. Points of Origin 25 -- Iv Thf Main Facts Of Filipino Immigration To -- Hawaii 28 -- i. The Ethnic Setting 28 -- 2. The Introduction of Filipino Plantation -- Workers , 31 -- V T-E DEMAND FOR EXCLUS oI O N 33 -- Part I: The Domestic Problem Of Filipino Immi- -- Gration For The Mainland Of The United -- States -- Vi Economic Problems For The United States 41 -- i. Areas of Direct Competition 43. -- a. In Culinary, Institutional, Hotel and Domes- -- tic Work 43 -- b. In Fruit and Vegetable Growing 47 -- c. In Alaskan Fish Canning 3 -- Xv -- d. In Saw Mills and Other Industrial Plants 55 -- e. In Transportation 8 -- i. Mercantile Marine -- ii. Railroads 6o -- f. In Public Employment 61 -- Vii Economic Problems For The United States -- (Continued) 6 -- 2The Need for Filipino Labor 65 -- a. In Urban Occupations 6 . I 5 -- b. On the Land 66 -- c. In the Alaska Fish Canneries 7 3 -- VIII ECONOmic PROBLEMS OF THE FILIPINO IMMI- -- Grants 77 -- i. Lack of Opportunity 77 -- a. Limitations of Ability 78 -- 2. Occupational Discriminations 8 -- . Exploitation by Employers, Contractors, and -- Agents a S -- IX SOcIL PROBLES P -- i Sex Relations -- 2. Immorality 96, -- 3, Crime Ioo -- 4. Destitution 10 -- SHealth i i6 -- a, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis o 6. -- b. Venereal Diseases 1 0 -- c. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs q.5 9 -- d. Intestinal Parasites -- e. Other Diseases and General State of Health 113 -- X SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE FILIPINO 1 17ý -- x. Lack of Normal Home Life 7 , -- 2. Excessive Mobility 124 -- 3. Bad Housing Conditions 125. -- 4. Lack of the Recreational Facilities 1 1-" -- 5. Social Discrimination 15 1- -- Xi Educational Problems Of The Filipino I4 -- i. Lack of Adequate Preparation i -- 2. Lack of Educational and Vocational Guidance 147 -- 3. Discrimination and Discouragement a 148 -- 4. Denmoralization as a Result of Frustrated Ambi- -- tion i 50o -- Part Iii: The Filipino Problem Of Hawaii -- XII ECONOMIC PROBLEMS , , s59 -- . Filipinos in the Major Industries 159 -- 2 Selection and Transportation 1 x63 -- 3 Conllditions of Employmient I68 -- a. Plantation Regirne 169 -- b. Terms of Employment i7 -- c. Living Conditions and Welfare Work 172 -- d. Lndustrial Relations a 174 -- 4. The Problem of the Native-born 76 -- 5. The Desirability of Filipino Labor. 82 -- Xiii Social Proiblems 18 -- i. Destitution 185 -- 2. Health 86 -- 3t Immorality ant Crime 0go -- 4. intermarriage 96 -- S. Race Relations a 197 -- Part Iv: Causes Of Filipino Emigration -- XIV Artificial Stimuli 203 -- x. Labor Recruiting 204 -- 2. Triaffic Recruiting 211 . -- Xv Influltences Of Americanization 218 -- i. The School System B a a 221 -- 2. Press and Moving Picture 226 -- Xvi Predisposing Economic Factors 230 -- . Economic Pressure $ 230 -- a. Backward Economic Development 2. 31 -- b. Asiatic Immigration 3 -- c. Lack of Homestead Facilities 37 -- d. Special and Seasonal Causes of Poverty 241 -- Chapter -- 2. Economic Pull , , , , 243 -- a. Reports of Opportunity .244 -- b. Dermonstrations of Opportunity 25! -- Xvii Predisposing Cultural Factors 25 7 -- . Social Status and Education , 258 -- 2. Social Status and Official Position 260 -- 3- Adventurousness as a Tradition 262r -- 4 Patriotism 266' -- Part V: Policies And Programs -- Xviiit In The Philippine Islands 273 -- i. Favorable to Emigratiaon 271 -- 2. Unfavorable to Emigration 27 -- a. The Attitudes of Emigrants 274 -- b. The Attitudes of National Leaders 275 -- 3. Reactions to the Specific Proposal for Filipino -- Exclusion fromn the United States 278 -- a. In Opposition 27 8' -- b. In Favor 28 8 -- 4- In Favor of Emigration Control 28 3 -- Xix Policies And Programs In Hawaii 289 -- i Reactions to the Exclusion Proposal 2891 -- a. In Opposition 289 -- b. In Favor of Exclusion 29i0 -- 2. Possible Substitutes for Filipino Labor 294 -- 3. Temiporary Adjustment 2 295S; -- Xx On The Mainland Of The United States 29 -- i. The Demand for Filipino Exclusion 29$ -- 2. Against Exclusion 30 4 -- 3- in Favor of Restriction 30$ -- a. New Forms of Student Exemption 3 09 -- b. Selective Measures 3 -- 4. Other FormTs of Control .31 -- a. Information and Advice , 314 -- b, Organization of Ermployment 314 -- c. Discouragement of Migration 3 -- Chapter Page -- 5, Adjustment and Aid 316 -- 6. In Favor of Further Consideration 317 -- Part Vi: Summary And Conclusions -- i, Main Facts 3. 24 -- 2, Causes of Emigration 3 24 -- 3- Problems on the Mainland 3 26 -- 4. Problems for the Immigrants Themselves 333, -- 5. The Special Interests of Hawaii e338 -- 6. The Case For and Against Exclusion 340 -- Appendices -- A. An Estimate of Filipino Population on the Mainland of -- the United States , , ,, 347 -- B. The Movement of Filipino Population to and from -- Hawaii 350 -- By Professor Rornanzo Adams -- C. Provinces of Origin of Filipino Laborers Migrating -- from the Philippine Islands to Hawaii 354 -- D. The Racial Composition of Personnel Employed in the -- Alaskan Salmon Canning Industry 356 -- E Two Illustrative Cases of Acute Antagonism to Filipino -- Immigrants 58 -- i. In Watsonville, Cal., January, 1930 38 -- 2. In the Yakima Valley of Washington, September, -- 928 65 -- F. Filipino Students in the United States, 1929-930 369 -- . Distribution 369 -- 2. Courses of Study 374 -- G. The Pull of Previous Emigrants as a Factor in Filipino -- Emigration 76. -- H. The Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association's Methods -- of Labor Selection and Management 383 -- i Organization 383 -- 2. Selection and Health Supervision 384 -- 3. Conditions of Employment 386 -- 4. Long-term Agreements 389 -- 5. Welfare Work , 389 -- Chapter -- 1. Philippine Law Providing for the Control of Labor Con- -- tracts 392 -- J Philippine Inter-island Migration 394 -- By Frederick V. Field and Elizabeth Brown Field. -- . Historical Background for Modern M igrations 394 -- 2. Congested and Sparsely Settled Districts 396 -- 3. Geographical and Social Factors in Population -- Distribution 3. 98 -- 4. Land Tenure 401 -- 5. Types of Migration and Numbers Involved 404 -- a. Natural Migration a 405 -- b. Seasonal Labor Migration 406 -- c. Agricultural Colonies 407 -- d. Homnesteading 407 -- 6. Problems of Migration 409 -- 7. Suggestions 4 1 . -- K. Social and Economic Backgrounds of Filipino Emigrants 415 -- By Frederick V. Field and Elizabeth Brown Field, -- . Social and Economic Divisions of the Population 415 -- a. The Cacique Class 416i -- "b. The Tao Class 17 -- 2. The Village Community 417 -- a. Family Organization and the Position of -- Women 4 19 -- b. Group Functioning 4 4221 -- c. Contacts with the Government 424 -- d. Religious Organization , 426 -- 3. The Economic Basis of Rural Life 427 -- a. Land Tenure 42 -- b Methods of Farming 429 -- c. Methods of Marketing 431 -- d Rural Credits 433 -- 4. Conditions of Labor 435 -- a. Wages and Cost of Living 435 -- b. Standards of Living 437J -- i. Clothes 437 -- ii. Food 43 -- iii Recreation 438
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Filipinos -- Hawaii.
Filipinos -- United States.
SUBJECT Hawaii http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061028 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
Philippines -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010106993
United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
Author Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council.
LC no. 31008660