Christen T. Sasaki is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s Note on Hawaiian Language UsageIntroduction1. Emerging Nations, Emerging Empires: Interimperial Intimacies and CompetingSettler Colonialisms in Hawai‘i2. At the Borders of Nation and State: The 1894 Constitutional Convention3. How the Portuguese Became White: The Search for Labor and the Cost of Indemnity4. The Shinshu Maru Affair: Barred Landings and Immigration Detention5. Historicizing the Homestead in Wahiawa Colony: From “American Family Farm” to Industrial Plantation EconomyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Sasaki’s emphasis on confluence and the plurality of ideas, identities, and potential outcomes are a welcome addition to capture the complexity of experiences within Pacific and Asian American history."

Christen T. Sasaki is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s Note on Hawaiian Language UsageIntroduction1. Emerging Nations, Emerging Empires: Interimperial Intimacies and CompetingSettler Colonialisms in Hawai‘i2. At the Borders of Nation and State: The 1894 Constitutional Convention3. How the Portuguese Became White: The Search for Labor and the Cost of Indemnity4. The Shinshu Maru Affair: Barred Landings and Immigration Detention5. Historicizing the Homestead in Wahiawa Colony: From “American Family Farm” to Industrial Plantation EconomyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Sasaki’s emphasis on confluence and the plurality of ideas, identities, and potential outcomes are a welcome addition to capture the complexity of experiences within Pacific and Asian American history."

Christen T. Sasaki is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s Note on Hawaiian Language UsageIntroduction1. Emerging Nations, Emerging Empires: Interimperial Intimacies and CompetingSettler Colonialisms in Hawai‘i2. At the Borders of Nation and State: The 1894 Constitutional Convention3. How the Portuguese Became White: The Search for Labor and the Cost of Indemnity4. The Shinshu Maru Affair: Barred Landings and Immigration Detention5. Historicizing the Homestead in Wahiawa Colony: From “American Family Farm” to Industrial Plantation EconomyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Sasaki’s emphasis on confluence and the plurality of ideas, identities, and potential outcomes are a welcome addition to capture the complexity of experiences within Pacific and Asian American history."