ASIA AM 187C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Attack On Pearl Harbor, Japa, Japanese In Hawaii
12 Feb 2015
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Possible topics: the reasons and methods by which the meiji government attempted to control the labor migration of its citizens. The meiji government prohibited the departure of immigrants due to the slave-like treatment that the first japanese migrants recived in hawaii. They also attempted to control this process by creating the immigration convention which included many. Japanese individuals traveling to hawai to work on sugar plantations under 3 year contracts. These were seen as dekasegi laborers planning to return home with money after a few years of work in a foreign land. The government was concerned about the poor treatment its nationals suffered so japan needed to gain strength and prestige to better serve its citizens overseas. Image was also a problem because they wanted to retain the image of being a civilized country. The image of farm workers and prostitutes wasn"t a good look for them.
