Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila

Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila

Although the history of the Chinese in the Philippines is generally well known, what has not been probed is the way working-class Chinese lived and conducted their trades amid restrictive colonial policies. Using previously unexplored archival materials, thisarticle examines the lives and circumstan...

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Main Author: Galang, Jely A.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss1/4
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10782024-08-07T03:42:03Z Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila Galang, Jely A.; Although the history of the Chinese in the Philippines is generally well known, what has not been probed is the way working-class Chinese lived and conducted their trades amid restrictive colonial policies. Using previously unexplored archival materials, thisarticle examines the lives and circumstances of Chinese cargadores (stevedores and transporters) within the urban and commercial milieus of Manila during the nineteenth century. Chinese cargadores were regarded as highly dependable workers, but were treated, because of their ethnicity and numerical strength, as both marginal and dangerous, needing to be strictly regulated and disciplined by the Spanish colonial state.KEYWORDS: CHINESE • MANUAL LABORERS • PHILIPPINE HISTORY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • SPANISH COLONIALISM 2021-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss1/4 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1078/viewcontent/Living_20Carriers_20in_20the_20East_20_5Bvol._2069_20no._201_20_282021_29_2071_E2_80_93108_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Although the history of the Chinese in the Philippines is generally well known, what has not been probed is the way working-class Chinese lived and conducted their trades amid restrictive colonial policies. Using previously unexplored archival materials, thisarticle examines the lives and circumstances of Chinese cargadores (stevedores and transporters) within the urban and commercial milieus of Manila during the nineteenth century. Chinese cargadores were regarded as highly dependable workers, but were treated, because of their ethnicity and numerical strength, as both marginal and dangerous, needing to be strictly regulated and disciplined by the Spanish colonial state.KEYWORDS: CHINESE • MANUAL LABORERS • PHILIPPINE HISTORY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • SPANISH COLONIALISM
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author Galang, Jely A.;
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Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
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title Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
title_short Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
title_full Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
title_fullStr Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
title_full_unstemmed Living Carriers in the East: Chinese Cargadores in Nineteenth-Century Manila
title_sort living carriers in the east: chinese cargadores in nineteenth-century manila
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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