The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946

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Explores the complex relationship between Filipinos and the US by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American. This book reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of US overseas expansion.

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Winner of the 2012-2013 Asian/Pacific American Librarian's Association Book AwardWinner of the 2013 American Sociological Association's Asia and Asian America Section Distinguished Book AwardThe first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second "Asiatic invasions." Perceived as alien because of their Asian ethnicity yet legally defined as American nationals granted more rights than other immigrants, Filipino American national identity was built upon the shifting sands of contradiction, ambiguity, and hostility.Rick Baldoz explores the complex relationship between Filipinos and the U.S. by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American divide: internationally through an examination of American imperial ascendancy and domestically through an exploration of the social formation of Filipino communities in the United States. He reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of U.S. overseas expansion. A unique portrait of the Filipino American experience, The Third Asiatic Invasion links the Filipino experience to that of Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Chinese and Native Americans, among others, revealing how the politics of exclusion played out over time against different population groups.Weaving together an impressive range of materials—including newspapers, government reports, legal documents and archival sources—into a seamless narrative, Baldoz illustrates how the quixotic status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming the politics of race, immigration and nationality in the United States.

Author Biography

Rick Baldoz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The Racial Vectors of Empire: Classification and Competing Master Narratives in the Colonial Philippines Transpacific Traffic: Migration, Labor, and Settlement "It Is the Fight of This Nation against the Filipinos": Redrawing Boundaries of Race and Nation "Get Rid of All Filipinos or We'll Burn This Town Down": Racial Revanchism and the Contested Color Line in the Interwar West "To Guard the Doors of My People": Exclusion, Independence, and Repatriation "Another Mirage of Democracy": War, Nationality, and Asymmetrical Allegiance Epilogue Notes BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Review

"A scrupulously researched and compellingly argued work of historical sociology. Baldoz has an eye for the telling details that help to illuminate larger patterns of American empire, racial formation, and the politics of immigration. This elegant book makes a quantum leap by integrating Filipino and Filipino American scholarship and will surely become a classic in racial and ethnic studies." Evelyn Nakano Glenn, author of Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America "Rigorously argued and deeply documented, The Third Asiatic Invasion is an urgent and necessary book on how race and empire played out in the Filipino experience in America. Baldoz redefines how we should study race, moving beyond the banal assertion of race as a social construction to explain the continuous process of race and boundary making and remaking. Bravo!" Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism Without Racists "Overall, The Third Asiatic Invasion is a well-researched and interesting study of the legal complications of empire, shown through the lens of Filipino American history. Baldoz creates exciting avenues for further areas of inquiry relating to the connections between migration and colonialism and the impact of imperialism on American domestic policies and laws concerning race." - Stephanie Hinnershitz-Hutchinson (University of Maryland), H-Empire

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Illustrates how the quixotic status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming race, immigration and nationality in the US

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The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second "Asiatic invasions." Perceived as alien because of their Asian ethnicity yet legally defined as American nationals granted more rights than other immigrants, Filipino American national identity was built upon the shifting sands of contradiction, ambiguity, and hostility. Rick Baldoz explores the complex relationship between Filipinos and the U.S. by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American divide: internationally through an examination of American imperial ascendancy and domestically through an exploration of the social formation of Filipino communities in the United States. He reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of U.S. overseas expansion. A unique portrait of the Filipino American experience, The Third Asiatic Invasion links the Filipino experience to that of Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Chinese and Native Americans, among others, revealing how the politics of exclusion played out over time against different population groups. Weaving together an impressive range of materials-including newspapers, government reports, legal documents and archival sources-into a seamless narrative, Baldoz illustrates how the quixotic status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming the politics of race, immigration and nationality in the United States.

Review Quote

"This book on the political economy and politics of Filipino immigration to the United States is an excellent study of the paradoxes and contradictions of racialized citizenship."- American Sociological Association ,

Details ISBN0814791093 Author Rick Baldoz Short Title 3RD ASIATIC INVASION Publisher New York University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814791093 ISBN-13 9780814791097 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint New York University Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Publication Date 2011-02-28 Illustrations black & white illustrations Birth 1969 Series Nation of Nations Subtitle Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 Series Number 5 UK Release Date 2011-02-28 NZ Release Date 2011-02-28 US Release Date 2011-02-28 Pages 309 Alternative 9780814791080 DEWEY 973.049921 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2011-02-27 We've got this

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