Japanese Americans: The Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group

By Paul Spickard and Professor Paul Spickard

Book Overview

Since 1855, nearly a half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, the majority arriving between 1890 and 1924 during the great wave of immigration to Hawai'i and the mainland.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805792422
• ISBN13: 9780805792423
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Insightful and Englightening

Spickard explores the history of Japanese Americans, beginning with the first group who migrated to the United States between the period of the Civil War and World War 1 (1890-1910). By providing a brief history of Japan and the reasons for migration, the author tells the story of Japanese immigrants - their hardship in the new country, their struggle against racism, internment during World War 11 and rebuilding their lives after the war, the new wave of immigrants and their struggle to preserve Japanese ethnic identity.