Teaching Mikadoism : The Attack on Japanese Language Schools in Hawaii, California, and Washington, 1919-1927 / Noriko Asato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asato, Noriko, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese--United States--History--20th century.

Japanese.

Emperor worship--Japan.

Emperor worship.

Education and state--United States--History--20th century.

Education and state.

Japanese language--Study and teaching--United States.

Japanese language.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Hawaii sugar plantation managers endorsed Japanese language schools but, after witnessing the assertive role of Japanese in the 1920 labor strike, they joined public school educators and the Office of Naval Intelligence in labeling them anti-American and urged their suppression. Thus the "Japanese language school problem" became a means of controlling Hawaii's largest ethnic group. The debate quickly surfaced in California and Washington, where powerful activists sought to curb Japanese immigration and economic advancement. Language schools were accused of indoctrinating Mikadoism to Japanese American children as part of Japan's plan to colonize the United States. Previously unexamined archival documents and oral history interviews highlight Japanese immigrants' resistance and their efforts to foster traditional Japanese values in their American children. They also reveal complex fissures of class and religion within the Japanese communities themselves. The author's comparative analysis of the Japanese communities in Hawaii, California, and Washington presents a clear picture of what historian Yuji Ichioka called the "distinctive histories" as well as the shared experiences of Japanese Americans.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Notes on Terminology

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. Immigration, Education, and Diplomacy Japan, the United States, and the Origins of the Language School Controversy

CHAPTER 2. Mandating Americanization Japanese Language Schools and the Federal Survey of Education in Hawaii

CHAPTER 3. Closing a Loophole California Exclusionists' Attack on Japanese Language Schools

CHAPTER 4. A Transplanted Attack Japanese Language Schools in Washington State

CHAPTER 5. Conclusion

Appendix. 1921 California State Examination for Japanese Language School Teachers

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824864552

0824864557

OCLC:

878137508