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10%OFFStephen S. Fugita - Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community - 9780295973760 - V9780295973760
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Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community

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Description for Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.

Why do some groups retain their ethnicity as they become assimilated into mainstream American life while others do not? This study employs both historical sources and contemporary survey data to explain the seeming paradox of why Japanese Americans have maintained high levels of ethnic community involvement while becoming structurally assimilated. Most traditional approaches to the study of ethnicity in the United States are based on the European immigrant experience and conclude that a zero-sum relationship exists between assimilation and retention of ethnicity: community solidarity weakens as structural assimilation grows stronger. Japanese Americans, however, like American Jews, do not fit this ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295973760
SKU
V9780295973760
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