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An 1886 advertisement for "Magic Washer" detergent: The Chinese Must Go
6.7 H. SIO
Explain how and why new patterns of migration affected society from 1750 to 1900.
Indian Workers in Guyana
The indentured workers (known derogatively as ‘coolies’) were recruited from India, China and from the Pacific and signed a contract in their own countries to work abroad for a period of 5 years or more.
The indentured workers (known derogatively as ‘coolies’) were recruited from India, China and from the Pacific and signed a contract in their own countries to work abroad for a period of 5 years or more.
Historical Development
Historical Development
Migrants tended to be male, leaving women to take on new roles in the home society that had been formerly occupied by men. Migrants often created ethnic enclaves in different parts of the world that helped transplant their culture into new environments. Examples of these migrant ethnic enclaves include, Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America, Indians in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia, Irish in North America, and Italians in North and South America. Receiving societies did not always embrace immigrants, as seen in the various degrees of ethnic and racial prejudice and the ways states attempted to regulate the increased flow of people across their borders. Some examples of regulation of immigrants include the Chinese Exclusion Act in the U.S. and the White Australia policy.
Key Words:
Key Words:
White Australia policy
Chinese Exclusion Act
Ethic Enclaves
Gandhi
Kangani system
White-collar
Blue-collar
Increased Migration Impacted Gender Roles
Increased Migration Impacted Gender Roles
Much of the non-European migration during the 1800s were single men working in mining operations or cash-crop agriculture. Asian & African women often remained behind in their native villages. This left women in a dramatic shift in cultural, economic, & familial roles.
Major Migrations
Communities from across Afro-Eurasia migrated for economic opportunity. These emigrations spread migrants across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
The East Indians in British Guyana
The East Indians were brought to British Guiana to supplement the workforce of the colony after the emancipation of the slaves in English colonies. A first this experiment was tried in 1838, when about 400 East Indians arrived from Calcutta working on British plantations in Guyana. There were about 5,000 who arrive annually and were given a free passage to British Guyana as an indentured servant; giving five years of industrial service on a plantation assigned to them.
The East Indians in British Guyana
The East Indians were brought to British Guiana to supplement the workforce of the colony after the emancipation of the slaves in English colonies. A first this experiment was tried in 1838, when about 400 East Indians arrived from Calcutta working on British plantations in Guyana. There were about 5,000 who arrive annually and were given a free passage to British Guyana as an indentured servant; giving five years of industrial service on a plantation assigned to them.
East Indian immigrants on the journey (1884).
At meal time in British Guiana (1890s)
East Indian workers constructing a path through the British Guiana forest (1900)
The immigration depot with filtering shed at Garden Reach, Calcutta (1889)
Mealtime prior to departure to British Guyana (1889).
The tenement "logies" in British Guiana (1890s)
Medical examination of the East Indian arrivals in British Guiana (1890s)
American Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The cause of this act was racist as Chinese immigrants had been widely stereotyped as exotic, dangerous, and competitors for jobs and wages throughout the United States. The act set the precedent for the U.S. in terms of restrictions against immigration of other nationalities.
American Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The cause of this act was racist as Chinese immigrants had been widely stereotyped as exotic, dangerous, and competitors for jobs and wages throughout the United States. The act set the precedent for the U.S. in terms of restrictions against immigration of other nationalities.
CHINESE LABORERS BUILDING THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN WESTERN UNITED STATES
Chinese immigration
“Throwing Down the Ladder by Which They Rose,” cartoon by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, July 23, 1870.
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