ASIA AM 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Guana Island, Cockstock Incident, Asiatic Exclusion League

• School: UCLA
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: ASIA AM 10W
• Professor: Fong, K.N

Document Summary

Direct quotations are directly from the professor"s slides. Finish first section; the next section is about what asian americans do in us (everyday life) There are direct ties to earlier waves of asian migration. Labor recruitment due to capitalism when earlier asian immigrants were banned. Colonialism: e. g. india as a colony of great britain (different from the experiences of earlier asian immigrants) Anti-asian sentiment also apply to south asians and filipinos. Context for south asian migration (1) british colonialism. India by portugal, france, and netherland; dominated by great britain in the mid 1900s. Expanding capitalism e. g. british india company access to trade, labor, resources etc. Socioeconomic changes e. g. heavier taxes and unemployed farmers. South asians considered as british subjects: easier to move within british empire. Have an impact on where people go. People affected by british colonialism include soldiers in british army who move to colonies, indentured servants, and laborers who moved to work elsewhere such as other british colonies.