The Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924
A portrait of the first Japanese immigrants, known as the Issei. Leaving behind a still-traditional, feudal society for the wide-open world of America, the Japanese were long barred from holding... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0029324351
ISBN13:9780029324356
Release Date:April 1990
Publisher:Free Press
Length:317 Pages
Weight:1.18 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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History of Issei America
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is probably the most detailed of all the books describing the history of the 1st generation (Issei) immigrants from Japan. Ichioka's research for this book extended from Japan all the way to the dusty shelves of UC Berkeley and UCLA's libraries. If you ever wanted to learn about why these people left their native Japan (push and pull factors) for the hard life that awaited for them in the xenophobic society of Hawaii & California in the late 19th/early 20th century, then this is the book to read.....
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