Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1923 Excerpt: ...and the professions, and this condition is likely to continue. Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipinos and Russians contribute plantation labor. Orientals dominate the trades', perform menial service, and raise the vegetables, rice, and taro. Portuguese and Hawaiians supply the city and dock labor." Each racial group is economically dependent upon the other groups, and hence various relationships favor marriages among them. Marriages between Chinese and members of other races are fairly numerous, as shown by figures compiled from marriage records of the Honolulu Board 01 Health. Between July 1, 1896, and August 31, 1905, Chinese were parties to 524 marriages. In 195 of these the persons involved were both Chinese. In 193 cases the parties were Chinese and Hawaiians. In the remaining instances Chinese married Porto Iticans, Portuguese, Greeks, half-whites, and in a very few cases Japanese. Hawaiian-Chinese married English, Scotch, German, and Spanish. The three-sided combination, of Hawaiian, Caucasian, and Chinese, which is apparently the result of interracial mingling in Hawaii, brings to light new biological and cultural characteristics which deserve careful study. The Caucasian-Hawaiian is well built, strong, and prolific. He has no greater susceptibility to disease than is usual in races forced into contact with new contagions. He even thrives under exotic conditions so long as he may have his staple food. Intellectually, he is no giant, and when measured by American standards may seem to lack seriousness and perseverance. But there are able men in his group, the average is fair, and he exemplifies those lighter qualities a strain of which might not be out of place in our austere Caucasian mentality. If there is nothing remarkable about him, there...
