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Book SynopsisIn this book, Ethel Kosminsky studies the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in São Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. She explores the stories of Japanese immigrants who replaced the labor of recently-freed slaves on coffee plantations, and their descendants' return migration to Japan when the Bastos economy began to suffer in the late twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Kosminsky integrates sociological, historical, political, economic, and ethnographic knowledge to analyze the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their families.
Trade ReviewThis fascinating book documents the transnational experience of Japanese Brazilians, a group bearing links to Asia and South America but fully recognized in neither setting. Sociologist Ethel V. Kosminsky devotes a tour de force of sociological proficiencies—theoretical, historical, and descriptive—to her analysis. An Ethnography of the Lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian Migrants: Childhood, Family, and Work is a compelling addition to our comprehension of migration and nationality. -- Steven J. Gold, professor of sociology, Michigan State University
Table of ContentsChapter 1: An Overview of Japanese Migration to the Americas
Chapter 2: Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State
Chapter 3: Living in Bastos
Chapter 4: Familial Organization in Japan and in Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State
Chapter 5: The Japanese Brazilian World Upside Down
Chapter 6: Intermediating Labor Force: Agents of Transnational Migrants
Chapter 7: Transnational Migration: An Ethnographical Account
Chapter 8: Labor Migration: Dekasegi
Chapter 9: Living in Japan
Chapter 10: Familial Relationships: Children and Teenagers
