This book examines immigration from the Philippines to the United States, in terms of the historical, economic, political, social, military, and cultural macro and micro structures that precipitate it. Certain aspects of race and ethnic relations are explored. The study begins with conceptual and theoretical considerations on the issues of immigration and perceptions of and integration among immigrants and host people. Chapter II provides information on the Philippines and its history and on the contemporary Pilipino population in the United States. Chapter III discusses the internal and external factors in the Philippines and the United States that contributed to the development of the macro structures leading to migration. Chapter IV describes how these macro structures determined periods of migration, types of immigrants across time, and the perceptions of the interaction, and Chapter V examines what it means to be a Pilipino in the United States. Finally, the implications of the study are summarized and some conceptual and theoretical suggestions for viewing majority and minority relations and the immigration process are given. Numerous tables present data throughout. (CG)