Distant Islands The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s / by Daniel H. Inouye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inouye, Daniel H., author.

Series:

George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series.

George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Religion.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans--Social conditions--History.

Japanese Americans--Economic conditions--History.

Japanese Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.

Japan--Emigration and immigration--History.

Japan.

New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration--History.

New York (N.Y.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2018]

Summary:

"The turn of the century New York Japanese American community was a composite of several micro communities divided along status, class, geographic, and religious lines. Using primary sources Inouye tells the stories of the professional elites, small business owners, working-class, laborers, and students from these communities"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Rising Sun and the Oceanic group

A divided and scattered people : the dominant tier, 1885/1940

A divided and scattered people : the in-between second tier

A divided and scattered people : spatial separation and lower tiers

The floating student sphere

"Community" role of ethnic-based organizations

Social adaptation of Japanese Buddhism

The unifying ethnic and cultural force of issei Protestant churches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607327936

1607327937

OCLC:

1066115372