Hidetaka Hirota
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
Third class cabin
July 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Third class cabin
First class cabin
July 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
First class cabin
Hikawa Maru, a cargo-passenger liner, operated between Yokohama and Seattle in the early 20th century.
July 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hikawa Maru, a cargo-passenger liner, operated between Yokohama and Seattle in the early 20th century.
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Arrived in Chicago for the OAH conference after 3-hour delay. Luggage on a wrong plane and won’t arrive until tomorrow. It was a long day. Time for a drink.
April 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Arrived in Chicago for the OAH conference after 3-hour delay. Luggage on a wrong plane and won’t arrive until tomorrow. It was a long day. Time for a drink.
Visiting my artist friend Eugene Tssui’s exhibition in Emeryville. Lots of amazing artworks!
March 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Visiting my artist friend Eugene Tssui’s exhibition in Emeryville. Lots of amazing artworks!
Encountering a glitch. I’m just trying to purchase FOUR HISTORY BOOKS!
January 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Encountering a glitch. I’m just trying to purchase FOUR HISTORY BOOKS!
Visiting the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
December 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Visiting the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
Part of the books I used in the final chapter of my book manuscript. These books are all amazing studies.
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Part of the books I used in the final chapter of my book manuscript. These books are all amazing studies.
Visiting the “Roots, Removal, & Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley” exhibition at the Berkeley Historical Society.
December 1, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Visiting the “Roots, Removal, & Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley” exhibition at the Berkeley Historical Society.
My latest book acquisitions!
Daniel Morales, Between Here and There (Oxford)
Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail @princetonupress.bsky.social
A David Montgomery Reader @illinoispress.bsky.social
#immigration #detention #laborhistory
Daniel Morales, Between Here and There (Oxford)
Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail @princetonupress.bsky.social
A David Montgomery Reader @illinoispress.bsky.social
#immigration #detention #laborhistory
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 AM
My latest book acquisitions!
Daniel Morales, Between Here and There (Oxford)
Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail @princetonupress.bsky.social
A David Montgomery Reader @illinoispress.bsky.social
#immigration #detention #laborhistory
Daniel Morales, Between Here and There (Oxford)
Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail @princetonupress.bsky.social
A David Montgomery Reader @illinoispress.bsky.social
#immigration #detention #laborhistory
I'm honored to contribute a chapter on anti-Irish nativism in the mid-19th-century US to The Routledge History of Irish America. Thank you to the volume's wonderful editors, Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan, for guiding the authors and putting the project together! #immigrationhistory
September 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I'm honored to contribute a chapter on anti-Irish nativism in the mid-19th-century US to The Routledge History of Irish America. Thank you to the volume's wonderful editors, Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan, for guiding the authors and putting the project together! #immigrationhistory
A paper copy of "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era" has arrived! 😆 The issue explores how race, gender, and rights of Asians in the 19th-century US were shaped by engagements with Asia and the Pacific. I hope many people read it! @uncpress.bsky.social
December 21, 2023 at 9:12 PM
A paper copy of "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era" has arrived! 😆 The issue explores how race, gender, and rights of Asians in the 19th-century US were shaped by engagements with Asia and the Pacific. I hope many people read it! @uncpress.bsky.social
The special issue, Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era, has just been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era! Read brilliant articles by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, & Tian Xu and an inspiring concluding essay by Mae Ngai! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51479
November 27, 2023 at 10:56 PM
The special issue, Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era, has just been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era! Read brilliant articles by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, & Tian Xu and an inspiring concluding essay by Mae Ngai! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51479
We were honored to have @hcrichardson.bsky.social in the American Political History Seminar yesterday. We had a great discussion of her new book, historians' roles in political discourse, and her process of writing.
Taking a photo with your teacher is always a good thing to do. Thank you, Heather!
Taking a photo with your teacher is always a good thing to do. Thank you, Heather!
November 10, 2023 at 4:17 PM
We were honored to have @hcrichardson.bsky.social in the American Political History Seminar yesterday. We had a great discussion of her new book, historians' roles in political discourse, and her process of writing.
Taking a photo with your teacher is always a good thing to do. Thank you, Heather!
Taking a photo with your teacher is always a good thing to do. Thank you, Heather!
I found a quarter with Ellis Island on the back in my wallet. Are there quarters with Angel Island or the El Paso station?
November 4, 2023 at 6:08 PM
I found a quarter with Ellis Island on the back in my wallet. Are there quarters with Angel Island or the El Paso station?
American Political History Seminar with James Zarsadiaz discussing his award-winning Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.!
@ucpress.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social
September 29, 2023 at 9:09 PM
American Political History Seminar with James Zarsadiaz discussing his award-winning Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.!
@ucpress.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social
Pageproofs of the special issue, "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era," in the Journal of the Civil War Era have arrived! The forum includes exciting essays by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, Tian Xu, and Mae Ngai. Looking forward to its publication in December!
September 5, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Pageproofs of the special issue, "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era," in the Journal of the Civil War Era have arrived! The forum includes exciting essays by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, Tian Xu, and Mae Ngai. Looking forward to its publication in December!