Describes the history of Texan immigration, beginning with the recruitment of new citizens by the state government from 1865 through 1879, and ending with the efforts to encourage immigration by private organizations, agencies, businesses, and individuals from 1879 through 1915.
In Immigrant Acts, Lisa Lowe argues that understanding Asian immigration to the United States is fundamental to understanding the racialized economic and political foundations of the nation. Lowe discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces an…
The case studies in this collection explore a wide range of experiences, including Filipino caregivers in Canada, Thai sex workers in Germany, Filipino brides in Australia, Singaporean expatriates in Shanghai, Taiwanese families split between Taiwan and California, Asian migrant…
