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

• Main Author: Galang, Jely A.;
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...