Filipinos in San Francisco

Tens of thousands of Filipinos who have lived, worked, and raised families for over five generations in this unique city stake their rightful claim to more than a century of shared history in San Francisco. The photographs herein attest to the early arrivals, who came as merchant mariners, businesspeople, scholars, and musicians, as well as agricultural and domestic workers. But their story has often been ignored, told incompletely by others, and edited too selectively by many. The Filipino American experience both epitomizes and defies the traditional immigrant storyline, and these pictures honestly and respectfully document the fruits of their labors, the products of their perseverance, and, at times, their resistance to social exclusion and economic suppression.

Author: Filipino American National Historical So, Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Pin@y Educational Partnerships
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 02/14/2011
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780738581316
ISBN10: 0738581313
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies & Pacific
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Historical