Research: Violence against Filipinos 1929-1939

Filipinos found jobs mostly in the canneries and as agricultural workers in the 1930s. As you will read in America is in the Heart, they contended with  extreme violence and discrimination.  The object of this assignment is to explore episodes of violence and to evaluate the media coverage of these events. 

The assignment has three parts: (1) You will read newspaper articles and record information in an excel database; (2) You will read a recommended secondary source (book); (3) You will write a 8-10 page paper about your subject using information from both the secondary and primary sources

 Primary source research (newspapers):

 1) Begin by downloading this project database_hstaa353-excel.xlsx Download project database_hstaa353-excel.xlsx

 2) We are using ProQuest Historical Newspapers for newspaper searches. Below is the link to the pre-arranged databases of newspaper articles that you should use. It delivers articles from newspapers and magazines related to this topic. 

• Press coverage in mainstream newspapers (two searches)

https://www.proquest.com/search/2344515?accountid=14784 Links to an external site.

https://www.proquest.com/search/2344517?accountid=14784 Links to an external site.

a) you should see a page like this. If not, you may need to click the Library's login button top right and enter your UW-net ID

b) scroll the titles of articles, clicking on those that seem most relevant. Some will be mistaken entries triggered by the search terms. Others will be too short to be useful. Download copies of all articles that might be useful or interesting. It is more efficient to download them than to read them in ProQuest. 

c) use "back to results" to return to the search results.

d) you can filter results using the menus on left side. Sorted by "oldest first" means the entries are in chronological order. "Relevance" is the other option. You can also open the Publication title menu and select articles from particular newspapers.

3) After downloading many articles, add at least 20 to your project database_hstaa353-excel.xlsx Download project database_hstaa353-excel.xlsx and write a short description of the event or issue described in each article. Feel free to add additional information in other columns. Your spreadsheet needs to include no less than 20 articles. You will submit the research database along with your paper.

4)  Please DO NOT save or delete the ProQuest search. Others will not be able to use it.

5) Secondary source research (books):

 1) Obtain and read relevant chapters of this book from the UW Library:

American workers, colonial power : Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941
 by Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony 

The third Asiatic invasion : empire and migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 Links to an external site.
by Rick Baldoz, 

Instructions

6) Use both the book and your newspaper research in your paper

7) Turn in both the database and your paper