Coolies and cane : race, labor, and sugar in the age of emancipation / Moon-Ho Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jung, Moon-Ho, 1969-

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--History.

Asian Americans.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Chinese Americans--Louisiana--Social conditions--19th century.

Chinese Americans.

Immigrants--Louisiana--Social conditions--19th century.

Immigrants.

Agricultural laborers--Louisiana--Social conditions--19th century.

Agricultural laborers.

Foreign workers, Chinese--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Foreign workers, Chinese.

Sugar growing--Social aspects--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Sugar growing.

Louisiana--Race relations.

Louisiana.

Louisiana--Social conditions--19th century.

Louisiana--Economic conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 275 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining political, cultural, and social history, Coolies and Cane is a compelling study of race, Reconstruction, and Asian American history.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Outlawing Coolies

2. Envisioning Freedoms

3. Demanding Coolies

4. Domesticating Labor

5. Redeeming White Supremacy

6. Resisting Coolies

Conclusion

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-266) and index.

ISBN:

9780801888762

080188876X

OCLC:

213305575

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06199 hdl