Book

Sojourners and settlers, Chinese migrants in Hawaii

Hawaii History Center ; University Press of Hawaii • Honolulu • Published In 1980 • Pages:

By: Glick, Clarence Elmer.

Abstract

The first portion of this work deals with migration from China beginning with the early merchants and entrepreneurs who arrived in Hawaii in the first half of the nineteenth century and established the basis for the economic development that was eventually to attract thousands of migrants during the second half of that century. Glick also discusses the occupational mobility shown by the migrants in moving from essentially agricultural to urban occupations -- an accomplishment particulary characteristic of the Chinese migrants in Hawaii. Additional portions of this study deal with '…the movement of the migrants and their children into the economic stream of Hawaii, their concentration in Honolulu, the evolution of Chinatown as the nucleus of the urban Chinese community, the opposition the migrants encountered from other groups, and the complex of organizations they developed in coping with this opposition and other problems that arose as they made their adjustment to the migrant situation' (p.xi).

HRAF PubDate

1995

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Sociologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle

Field Date

1929-1932, 1935-1937 (p. xii)

Coverage Date

ca. 1800-1950

Coverage Place

Hawaii, United States

Notes

Clarence E. Glick

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCCN

80013799

LCSH

Chinese Americans