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With transnationalism, global and migration studies as its main framework, this study draws upon a dazzling array of primary sources to center Mexico’s transpacific relations and the influence they wielded over the region at the height of the steamship period.
“Ruth Mandujano López writes a beautiful story of diplomacy between Mexico and East Asia and of the laborers and entrepreneurs who crossed the Pacific to build transnational lives and businesses. It is a fitting sequel to the long Manila Galleon trade that first plied the Pacific trading Spanish American silver for Chinese silk and other luxury products of Asia.”
—Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University
List of Maps viii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. San Pedro, 1565 / Colorado, 1867: From Sail to Steam 15
2. Vasco de Gama, 1874: A Space Odyssey 40
3. Mount Lebanon, 1884: Navigating in Britain’s Diplomatic Waters 65
4. Gaelic, 1897: The Japanese Colonization Project in Mexico 87
5. Suisang, 1908: Double Vision—Chinese Migrants and the Body of the
Nation 110
6. Ancon, 1914: Revolutions and the End of the Porfirian Transpacific
System 139
Conclusion 169
Bibliography 173