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Holehole bushi, folk songs of Japanese workers in Hawaii's plantations, describe the experiences of this particular group caught in the global movements of capital, empire, and labour during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this book author Franklin Odo situates over two hundred of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Odo, Franklin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:American musicspheres.
Subjects:
Sugar workers > Hawaii > Songs and music.
Immigrants > Hawaii > Songs and music.
Japanese Americans > Hawaii > History.
Folk songs, English > Hawaii > History and criticism.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Hawaii > Histoire.
Chansons folkloriques anglaises > Hawaii > Histoire et critique.
Folk songs, English
Immigrants
Japanese Americans
Sugar workers
Hawaii
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Songs and music
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Holehole bushi, folk songs of Japanese workers in Hawaii's plantations, describe the experiences of this particular group caught in the global movements of capital, empire, and labour during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this book author Franklin Odo situates over two hundred of these songs, in translation, in a hitherto largely unexplored historical context.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199345328
0199345325