ASIAN AM 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Miscegenation, Indian Citizenship Act, Asiatic Exclusion League
13 Oct 2016
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Permission of japanese government in 1885: 1894 regulation end. Primogeniture inheritance system in japan: eldest son inherited family"s land, younger siblings (sons) got no cut and had to find jobs. Between 1885-1924: 200,000 japanese immigrated to hawaii, 180,000 to u. s. mainland. While mostly young men, japanese women immigrated as well: 1905, 22% in hawaii and 7% in mainland were women. 1899, japanese labor contractors, supplying farmers with workers and negotiated wages: 9 japanese independent labor contractors, going farm to farm and negotiating wage and working conditions. 1902, some oxnard businessman organized new labor contracting company: western. Agricultural contracting company: sought to undercut influence of japanese labor contractors, lowered piecework rate for thinning beets from to . 75 per acre. 500 japanese and 200 mexican workers responded, formed japanese-mexican labor. Association (jmla) in 1902: first ever inter-ethnic alliance between two minority groups in california, led 1200 workers on strike. 90% of labor force: victorious, maintained union rate of .
