Yamato Colony : the pioneers who brought Japan to Florida / Ryusuke Kawai ; translated by John Gregersen and Reiko Nishioka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kawai, Ryūsuke, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Nishioka, Reiko, translator.

Gregersen, John, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

Manners and customs.

History.

Japanese.

Emigration and immigration.

Agricultural colonies.

Florida.

Yamato Colony (Florida).

Agricultural colonies--Florida--History--20th century.

Japanese--Florida--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Florida--Colonies--History--20th century.

Florida--Colonies--Social life and customs--20th century.

Colonies--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

Yamato Colony (Florida).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Yamato Koronii

大和コロニー

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2020]

Contents:

1 Going to America with a Broken Heart p. 1

2 Plans for Japanese immigration and the Development of Florida p. 19

3 The Founding of Florida's Yamato Colony p. 41

4 The Japanese of Florida p. 73

5 A Fresh Start p. 91

6 The Florida Real Estate Boom and Its Collapse p. 98

7 The Demise of the Colony p. 113

8 Homesick p. 122

9 A Desire to Leave His Name on the Land p. 131

10 Planting Trees at the Age of Eighty p. 148.

Notes:

Originally published by Junposha in 2015 as "Yamato Koronii: Furorida ni Nihon o nokoshita otokotachi" by Ryusuke Kawai.

Originally published by Junposha in 2015 as "大和コロニー: フロリダに「日本」を残した男たち" by Ryusuke Kawai.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.

ISBN:

081306810X

9780813068107

OCLC:

1124973445