Book

Sojourners and settlers, Chinese migrants in Hawaii

Hawaii History Center ; University Press of HawaiiHonolulu • 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).
Subjects
External migration
Special crops
Status, role, and prestige
Ethnic stratification
Sodalities
Political movements
culture
Chinese Americans
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