Nikkei in the interior west : Japanese immigration and community building, 1882-1945 / Eric Walz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walz, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--West (U.S.)--History.

Japanese Americans.

History.

West (U.S.)--Emigration and immigration--History.

West (U.S.).

Japan--Emigration and immigration--History.

Japan.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages : portraits, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2012.

Summary:

What made 12,000 Japanese, mostly ordinary rural farmers, leave Japan and come to America? Why did they choose to settle in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah? Walz (Brigham-Young University-Idaho) seeks answers to these questions in oral histories, newspaper articles, and the records of ethnic associations, churches, and the local and federal government. He describes famine and other conditions in Japan that led to immigration, and looks at the important role of labor contractors and recruiters in influencing immigrants' decisions to move inland instead of remaining on the West Coast. He is especially interested in the creation of ethnicity and the relationship between ethnic communities and the host community. He also looks at how the immigrant communities survived the oppression against Asians during WWII, and their reactions to the arrival of voluntary and forced evacuees from the West Coast. The book is illustrated with b&w historical photos and maps. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Setting the stage

Emigration from Japan

The frontier period

The settlement and family periods

Cultural interaction and ethnic development

Voluntary associations: the early period

Voluntary associations: the later period

World War II: can community survive?

World War II: the evacuees arrive.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816529476

0816529477

OCLC:

747947277