HIST 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa Shogunate, Japanese Diaspora
6 Jul 2017
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1940 small number of people, never naounted to more than a couple hundred thousand but made us rethink about immigration foreign policy: push factors. Commodore matthew perry forcibly opens japan"s ports up to european trade. 1868-1912: meiji restoration goes with the ow of europeans. Demographic transition huge population increase in japan as well very very quick. 30 million to 44 million people no way to keep up with the population small land holdings planting crops that already don"t need large amounts of space little job opportunity not enough land for everyone. 300,000 japanese immigrants came many were counted twice though; not actually 300,000. Eugene van reed, 1868: hawaiian consul for japan sugar and fruit industries there that were american although still was hawaii tried to recruit 350 people to work at hawaii only got 150, 6 were women. Hawaii plantation owners would pay wage, with room and board for contracted labor for three years very temporary work.
