For this week’s post, discuss how US overseas expansion influenced the character of the nation. How did the authors from this week’s readings link the concepts of immigration/migration and empire? How did US encounters in Asia and later with Asian immigrants influence the nation?
Here are the readings and an additional one attached:
The Debate Over Empire
The Hawaiian Example
Reading Assignment:
Christina Duffy Burnett, “The Noncitizen National and the Law of American Empire”
Read a short interview of the author here:
Gary Okihiro: “Empire and Migration” short piece
Primary Documents:
“Hawaii: Life in a Plantation Society,” Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/hawaii-life-in-a-plantation-society/