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Subject(s)

• Bulosan, Carlos—Fiction [Browse]
• Filipino Americans—Fiction [Browse]
• Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers—Fiction [Browse]
• Racism—United States—Fiction [Browse]
• Nineteen thirties—Fiction [Browse]
• Philippines—Social life and customs—20th century—Fiction [Browse]
• United States—Race relations—History—20th century—Fiction [Browse]

Writer of foreword

• Castillo, Elaine [Browse]

Writer of introduction

• San Juan, E. (Epifanio), Jr., 1938- [Browse]

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Cabusao, Jeffrey Arellano [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Series

Penguin classics [More in this series]

Summary note

"Bulosan's semi-autobiographical novel begins with the narrator's rural childhood in the Philippines and the struggles of land-poor peasant families affected by US imperialism after the Spanish American War of the late 1890s. Carlos's experiences with other Filipino migrant laborers, who endured intense racial abuse in the fields, orchards, towns, cities and canneries of California and the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s, reexamine the ideals of the American dream"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

"First published in the United States of America by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. 1943."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxi-xxxiv).

ISBN

• 9780143134039 ((paperback))
• 0143134035 ((paperback))

LCCN

2018051637

OCLC

1052447601

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