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From Race to Ethnicity: Interpreting Japanese American Experiences in Hawai`i (Race and Ethnicity in Hawai'i)
Jonathan Okamura
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Hardcover. Series: Race and Ethnicity in Hawai'i. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
This is the first book in more than thirty years to discuss critically both the historical and contemporary experiences of Hawai'i's Japanese Americans. Given that race was the foremost organizing principle of social relations in Hawai'i and was followed by ethnicity beginning in the 1970s, the book interprets these experiences from racial and ethnic perspectives. The transition from race to ethnicity is cogently demonstrated in the transformation of Japanese Americans from a highly racialized minority of immigrant laborers to one of the most politically and socio-economically powerful ethnic groups in the islands.
To illuminate this process, the author has ... Read more
This is the first book in more than thirty years to discuss critically both the historical and contemporary experiences of Hawai'i's Japanese Americans. Given that race was the foremost organizing principle of social relations in Hawai'i and was followed by ethnicity beginning in the 1970s, the book interprets these experiences from racial and ethnic perspectives. The transition from race to ethnicity is cogently demonstrated in the transformation of Japanese Americans from a highly racialized minority of immigrant laborers to one of the most politically and socio-economically powerful ethnic groups in the islands.
To illuminate this process, the author has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Series
Race and Ethnicity in Hawai'i
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824839505
SKU
V9780824839505
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About Jonathan Okamura
Jonathan Y. Okamura is professor in the department of ethnic studies at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa.
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