Lured by the American dream : Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Paligutan, P. James (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Series:	Asian American experience.
Subjects:	United States. > Navy > Filipino Americans. United States. > Coast Guard > Filipino Americans. United States. > Navy > Stewards > History. United States. > Coast Guard > Stewards > History. Filipino Americans > California > San Diego > Interviews. United States > Race relations > History > 20th century. 1900-1999 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : "A metaphysics of absence" : Filipino Americans in the margins of U.S. history
Colonial past, neocolonial present
The Navy's search for postcolonial servants
Adrift from the American Dream
Tales of resistance
The Navy's "Filipino servant problem"
Achieving the American Dream.