2. Contracting Between Empires: Imperial Labor Circuits in the Pacific

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Brokering Empire: The Making of a Chinese Transnational Managerial Elite 17
7. 2. Contracting Between Empires: Imperial Labor Circuits in the Pacific 54
8. 3. Circulating Race and Empire: White Labor Activism and the Transnational Politics of Anti-Asian Agitation 89
9. 4. Pacific Insurgencies: Revolution, Resistance, and the Recuperation of Asian Manhood 117
10. 5. Policing Migrants and Militants: In Defense of Nation and Empire in the Borderlands 147
11. Epilogue and Conclusion 179
12. Notes 193
13. Bibliography 237
14. Index 253