The Korean frontier in America : immigration to Hawaii, 1896-1910 / Wayne Patterson. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Wayne, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koreans--Hawaii--History.

Koreans.

Immigrants--Hawaii--History.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Hawaii--Emigration and immigration.

Hawaii.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea.

Korea--Foreign relations--United States.

Korea.

Koreans--History--Hawaii.

Immigrants--History--Hawaii.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 274 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Korean immigration to Hawaii provides a striking glimpse of the inner workings of Yi-dynasty Korea in its final decade. It is a picture of confusion, functionalism, corruption, oppression, and failure of leadership at all levels of government. Patterson suggests that the weakness of the Korean government on the issue of emigration made it easier for Japanese imperialism to succeed in Korea. He also revises the standard interpretation of Japanese foreign policy by suggestion that prestige—the need to prevent the United States from passing a Japanese exclusion act—as well as security was a motivating factor in the establishment of a protectorate over Korea in 1905. In the process he uncovers a heretofore hidden link between Japanese imperialism in Korea and Japanese-American relations at the turn of the century.The author has made extensive use of archival materials in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. in researching a subject that has been neglected both in the United States and Korea. The study presents new information on the subject along with a keen analysis and innovative interpretation in a readable and accessible style. The work will be of significant value to specialists in Korean history, Korean-American relations, Japanese history, Japanese-Korean relations, U.S.-Japanese relations, Hawaiian history, and U.S. diplomatic history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Maps

Preface

A Note on Names and Their Spellings

1 The Setting

2 The Planning Begins

3 Enter Horace Allen

4 Bishop Goes to Korea

5 Allen Deals with Seoul and Washington

6 Deshler Begins to Recruit

7 Troubles in Korea

8 Troubles in Hawaii

9 Systematic Immigration Is Established

10 Characteristics of the Immigrants and Why They Came

11 Koreans as Workers

12 Japanese Opposition Resurfaces

13 Japan Brings Emigration to a Halt

14 The Planters and Korea Fight Back

15 The Fate of Korean Emigration Is Sealed

16 Conclusion

Appendix

Abbreviations

Notes

Glossary of Participants and Places

Bibliography

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-270) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8248-4566-8

0-585-32556-1

OCLC:

1253313933