""Empire of Care" is an extremely important work, a milestone in Asian American and American studies, and a singular contribution to the emergent field of Filipino American studies."--Vicente L. Rafael, author of "White Love and Other Events in Filipino History"

Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: The Contours of a Filipino American History 1
Part I. Nurturing Empire
1. Nursing Matters: Women and U.S. Colonialism in the Philippines 17
2. “The Usual Subjects": The Preconditions of Professional Migration 41
Part II. Caring Unbound
3. “Your Cap Is a Passport": Filipino Nurses and the U.S. Exchange Visitor Program 61
4. To the Point of No Return: From Exchange Visitor to Permanent Resident
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5. Trial and Error: Crime and Punishment in America's “Wound Culture"
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6. Conflict and Caring: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States 166
Epilogue 186
Appendix: On Sources 193
Notes 197
Bibliography 229
Index 245

Catherine Ceniza Choy is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.