Whither the “Hindoo Invasion”? South Asians in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, 1907–1930

Q2 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Regional and Local History Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/20514530.2021.1908719

M. Chalana

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The first decade of the twentieth century saw several thousand men migrate from India to the North American West Coast. While most settled in British Columbia or California, a smaller number moved to the US Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon. A series of violent riots in 1907–8 drove many from the region. The basic contours of this population in the region after this time remain unclear. I uncover evidence that Indians persisted for a longer time period, and in more varied locations and occupations than some previous research suggests, but that ultimately violent exclusion led them to disappear almost entirely from the region. I investigate the conditions in which these men lived and toiled, and the ways in which they were viewed by the larger society, particularly in terms of evolving concepts of race and assimilation.

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“印地语入侵”在哪里？1907–1930年美国西北太平洋地区的南亚人

20世纪头十年，数千人从印度移民到北美西海岸。虽然大多数人定居在不列颠哥伦比亚省或加利福尼亚州，但少数人搬到了美国太平洋西北部的华盛顿州和俄勒冈州。1907年至1908年的一系列暴力骚乱迫使许多人离开该地区。在此之后，该地区这一人口的基本情况仍不清楚。我发现了一些证据，证明印第安人坚持了更长的时间，在更多不同的地点和职业，而不是之前的一些研究表明，但最终暴力排斥导致他们几乎完全从该地区消失。我调查了这些人的生活和劳动条件，以及他们在更大的社会中被看待的方式，特别是在种族和同化概念的演变方面。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Regional and Local History aims to publish high-quality academic articles which address the history of regions and localities in the medieval, early-modern and modern eras. Regional and local are defined in broad terms, encouraging their examination in both urban and rural contexts, and as administrative, cultural and geographical entities. Regional histories may transcend both local and national boundaries, and offer a means of interrogating the temporality of such structures. Such histories might broaden understandings arrived at through a national focus or help develop agendas for future exploration. The subject matter of regional and local histories invites a number of methodological approaches including oral history, comparative history, cultural history and history from below. We welcome contributions situated in these methodological frameworks but are also keen to elicit inter-disciplinary work which seeks to understand the history of regions or localities through the methodologies of geography, sociology or cultural studies. The journal also publishes book reviews and review articles on themes relating to regional or local history.