AAS 033B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mail-Order Bride, Umber, Picture Bride
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1868 - 1885 -- immigration of students and diplomats. 1885 - 1894 -- immigration set by japanese government. The 1882 chinese exclusion act (stopped the coming of chinese immigrants for 10 years except for students, diplomats, and business people) lay the foundation for japanese immigrants because now, the pacific coast and hawai"i still needed labor. Since chinese were not allowed to immigrate, japanese became the alternative. Similar to china, also growing through population growth. Also faced western imperialist intrusion -- especially from the u. s. In 1853 commodore perry of the us navy was sent to edo bay (not tokyo bay) and demanded trade or they would be fired upon. The us wanted to establish calling stations (a place where the. U. s navy can park, renew, and rest itself and/or respond quickly to a situation that might arise) Townsend harris was sent to negotiate the first unequal treaty in 1854.
