Organizing asian american labor: the pacific coast canned-salmon industry, 1870-1942
Auteur :
Friday, Chris
Éditeur :
Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN :
9781566391399
Date de publication :
12 mai 1994
Dimensions :
2,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry. This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline.