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Offers the first English translation of Yasuo Sakata's seminal essay arguing that the 1930s constitutes a chronological and conceptual missing link' between two predominant research interests: the pre-1924 immigration exclusion and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword Eric Wakin
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Yasuo Sakata and Japanese American History Eiichiro Azuma
  • Part I: Yasuo Sakata’s Place in Migration and Nikkei Studies
  • 1 Fifty Years after World War II and the Study of Japanese American History: The Untold 1930s Yasuo Sakata / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
  • 2 Migration Studies in Japan—Development and Future Masako Iino
  • Part II: Japanese Americans in 1930s’ California
  • 3 The Kibei Movement of the 1930s in Relation to US Nationality Law Teruko Kumei / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
  • 4 Kibei Transnationalism and Japanese American History in the 1930s Michael R. Jin
  • Part III: Japanese Americans in 1930s’ Hawaii
  • 5 Perceptions of the 1930s in Local Japanese American Newspapers in Hawai‘i: The Nikkei Community and Japan as Portrayed in the Maui Shinbun Toshihiko Kishi / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
  • 6 Crafting Japanese Immigrant Nationalism: Imon Bukuro, Imon Bun, and Senninbari in 1930s’ Hawai‘i Mire Koikari
  • 7 Subjection and Citizenship: 1930s Nikkei Citizenry and Japanese-Language Education in Hawaii Rashaad Eshack
  • Part IV: Nikkei and US-Japan Relations
  • 8 The Outbreak of the Pacific War and Japanese Companies in the United States: Morimura Bros. & Co. Masato Kimura / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
  • 9 Rupture of Diplomacy: Japan’s Path to War with the United States Tosh Minohara
  • 10 American Surveillance of Japanese Americans, 1933–1941 Brian Masaru Hayashi
  • Afterword Kaoru Ueda
  • Glossary
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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        Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/1/2024 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780817926052, 978-0817926052
        ISBN10: 0817926054
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Offers the first English translation of Yasuo Sakata's seminal essay arguing that the 1930s constitutes a chronological and conceptual missing link' between two predominant research interests: the pre-1924 immigration exclusion and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

        Table of Contents
        • Foreword Eric Wakin
        • Acknowledgments
        • Introduction: Yasuo Sakata and Japanese American History Eiichiro Azuma
        • Part I: Yasuo Sakata’s Place in Migration and Nikkei Studies
        • 1 Fifty Years after World War II and the Study of Japanese American History: The Untold 1930s Yasuo Sakata / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
        • 2 Migration Studies in Japan—Development and Future Masako Iino
        • Part II: Japanese Americans in 1930s’ California
        • 3 The Kibei Movement of the 1930s in Relation to US Nationality Law Teruko Kumei / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
        • 4 Kibei Transnationalism and Japanese American History in the 1930s Michael R. Jin
        • Part III: Japanese Americans in 1930s’ Hawaii
        • 5 Perceptions of the 1930s in Local Japanese American Newspapers in Hawai‘i: The Nikkei Community and Japan as Portrayed in the Maui Shinbun Toshihiko Kishi / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
        • 6 Crafting Japanese Immigrant Nationalism: Imon Bukuro, Imon Bun, and Senninbari in 1930s’ Hawai‘i Mire Koikari
        • 7 Subjection and Citizenship: 1930s Nikkei Citizenry and Japanese-Language Education in Hawaii Rashaad Eshack
        • Part IV: Nikkei and US-Japan Relations
        • 8 The Outbreak of the Pacific War and Japanese Companies in the United States: Morimura Bros. & Co. Masato Kimura / Translated by Kaoru Ueda
        • 9 Rupture of Diplomacy: Japan’s Path to War with the United States Tosh Minohara
        • 10 American Surveillance of Japanese Americans, 1933–1941 Brian Masaru Hayashi
        • Afterword Kaoru Ueda
        • Glossary
        • About the Contributors
        • Index

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