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Book SynopsisIn the middle decades of the 20th century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. This study explains how Filipinos, Japanese, Portuguese, and others overcame racial divisions and mobilized a mass working-class movement.
Trade ReviewReworking Race will be recognized eventually as one of the major works on the history of labor in Hawai'i. -- Jonathan Y. Okamura The Journal of American History Well written, impressively researched, and theoretically insightful, Reworking Race is an important contribution to the field. -- Francisca Oyogoa Industrial and Labor Relations Review A smart, well researched, and amply documented monograph on a fascinating and instructive case. -- Chris Rhomberg Mobilization Sound research, crisp narrative, and innovative reworking of the concept of 'interracialism'... an important contribution. -- Jose M Alamillo, Washington State University American Historical Review Theoretically and empirically rich, Reworking Race is necessary reading in the sociology of race/ethnicity and in labor and political sociology. -- Sharmila Rudrappa American Journal of Sociology
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Origins of Capital's Contentious Response to Labor Race and Labor in Prewar Hawai'i Shifting Terrains of the New Deal and World War II The Making of Working-Class Interracialism ConclusionNotes Bibliography Index
