Studies in Pacific history : economics, politics, and migration / edited by Dennis O. Flynn, Arturo Giráldez and James Sobredo.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Flynn, Dennis Owen, 1945-

Giráldez, Arturo.

Sobredo, James.

California History Institute.

John Muir Center for Regional Studies.

Conference Name:

Pacific Centuries Conference (3rd : 1998 : University of the Pacific)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Emigration and immigration.

Pacific Area--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Pacific Area.

Economic conditions.

Pacific Area--Emigration and immigration--Congresses.

Pacific Area--Politics and government--Congresses.

Politics and government.

Pacific Area--History--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt., USA : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

1 In Search of Periodization for Pacific History: An Introduction / Dennis O. Flynn, Arturo Giraldez, James Sobredo 1

2 Soft Gold: Animal Skins and the Early Economy of California / Jim Hardee 23

3 San Francisco's Pacific Exports, 1850-1898 / David J. St Clair 40

4 Powerhouse Economies of the Pacific: A Comparative Study of Gold and Wheat in Nineteenth-Century Victoria and California / Warwick Frost 61

5 New Zealand and the Gold Rushes of the Mid-nineteenth Century / Kenneth E. Jackson 75

6 Gold Rush California Bound: New Evidence from French Passenger Lists / Annick Foucrier 95

7 The Rim of Fire: Pacific Rim Cities and the Problem of Fires / Lionel Frost 108

8 World War I, the American Interior, and Pacific Markets: A Look at Distant Impacts / Nancy J. Taniguchi 123

9 Race and the Right Kind of Island: Immigration Policy in Hawaii and Cuba under US Auspices, 1899-1912 / Katharine Bjork 140

10 The 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act and Filipino Exclusion: Social, Political and Economic Context Revisited / James Sobredo 155

11 Communists, Christians, and Japanese Imperial Subjects: Okinawan Immigrants within the Japanese Diaspora, 1899 to 1941 / Edith M. Kaneshiro 170

12 Hong Kong: Constitutional Development and Corporate Culture / Frank H.H.King 188

13 The Philippine Annexation: An Experiment of Profound Interest / Arthur Power Dudden 212

14 Cold War Casualties: The Impact of American Nuclear Testing Policies in the Pacific, 1954 / Martha Smith-Norris 223.

Notes:

"Materials contained in this volume were presented in preliminary form at the third Pacific Centuries conference held at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in April 1998 ... Co-organized with the California History Institute and the John Muir Center for Regional Studies ... headquartered at the University of the Pacific"--Acknowl.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754609464

OCLC:

49239911