Organizing Asian American labor : the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry, 1870-1942
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Organizing Asian American labor : the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry, 1870-1942
（Asian American history and culture series）
Temple University Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9781566391399
Description
Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans-predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino-formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry.
This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline and examines the workers' creation of work cultures and social communities. Resisting the label of cheap laborer, these Asian American workers established formal and informal codes of workplace behavior, negotiated with contractors and recruiters, and formed alliances to organize the workforce.
Whether he is discussing Japanese women workers' sharing of child-care responsibilities or the role of Filipino workers in establishing the Cannery and Field Workers Union, Chris Friday portrays Asian and Asian American workers as people who, while enduring oppressive restrictions, continually attempted to shape their own lives.
In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh Vo.
Table of Contents
Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Spawning Grounds
2. "Satisfaction in Every Case": Cannery Work and the Contract System
3. Cannery Communities, Cannery Lives
4. Competitors for the Chinese
5. "Fecund Possibilities" for Issei and Nisei
6. From Factionalism to "One Filipino Race"
7. Indispensable Allies
8. A Fragile Alliance
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781566393980
Description
Asian and Asian American workers resist oppression and shape their own lives
Table of Contents
Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Spawning Grounds 2. "Satisfaction in Every Case": Cannery Work and the Contract System 3. Cannery Communities, Cannery Lives 4. Competitors for the Chinese 5. "Fecund Possibilities" for Issei and Nisei 6. From Factionalism to "One Filipino Race" 7. Indispensable Allies 8. A Fragile Alliance Conclusion Appendix Notes Index
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