The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California
by
Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In the early twentieth century—not long after 1898, when the United States claimed the Philippines as an American colony—Filipinas/os became a vital part of the agricultural economy of California's fertile San Joaquin Delta. In downtown Stockton, they created Little Manila, a vibrant community...