History 346

Prof. J. Wu

Korean Immigration During the First Wave

I. Important Dates

1902-1905 7,000 recruited to work in sugar plantations of Hawaii

< 100 students and merchants to the Mainland

1905 Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan following the Russo-Japanese War; Japan cuts off Korean immigration to Hawaii

approx. 1,000 workers remigrated from Hawaii to the Mainland

1910 Korea becomes a colony of Japan; only exiles and "picture brides" migrate

1910-1924 > 1,000 "picture brides" arrive

II. Defining Characteristics

Small numbers and short period of migration - no Koreatowns

Christianity - social organization and gender relations

Korean Nationalism and Japanese Imperialism

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