The Japanese conspiracy
Subtitle: the Oahu sugar strike of 1920
By: Masayo Umezawa Duus ; translated by Beth Cary and adapted by Peter Duus.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- History.; Aliens -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- History.; Japanese -- Legal staus, laws, etc. -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- History.; Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History.; Oahu (Hawaii) -- Social conditions.
Description: A community of sugar cane workers from Japan strike for a wage increase in 1920 Oahu, straining relations between Japan and the United States, underscoring racial tensions between Japanese labor and the American sugar industry, and leading to the passage of the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-355) and index.