Halo-halo, hardware and others : the story of the Japanese commercial community of Manila, 1900-1945 /

De Viana, Augusto V.

Halo-halo, hardware and others : the story of the Japanese commercial community of Manila, 1900-1945 / by Augusto V. de Viana. - Manila : University of Santo Tomas Pub. House, c2008. - xvi, 261 p. : ill. 24 cm.

This book discusses the rise and decline of the Japanese commercial community in Manila during the Spanish period until the Second World War. It shows the migration of Japanese workers to the Philippines with the hope to get decent livelihood through the stories of workers with the most difficult and ditry jobs up to the corporate executives of giant trading companies.

HF 3818.J3 / .D494 2008