Filipinos in Hawai'i

by Roderick N. Labrador and Theodore S. Gonzalves

Book Overview

Nearly one in four persons in Hawai'i is of Filipino heritage. Representing one-fifth of the state's workforce, Filipinos have been in Hawai'i for more than a century, turning the rough and raw materials of sugar and pineapple into billion-dollar commodities. This book traces a history from 1946--the last year that sakadas (plantation workers) were imported from the Philippines--to the centennial year of their settlement in Hawai'i. Filipinos are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738576085
• ISBN13: 9780738576084
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"