Japanese in America (1921)
Title page.
Teddy Roosevelt at the top .
A form of behavior that actually persisted for decades in California.
Table of Contents.
Chapter I deals briefly with Japanese history, spending most of its time on Commodore Perry's 'opening' of Japan.
A lot of Chapter 2 deals with the economic relationship between the U.S. and Japan. Then it goes into early Japanese immigration, and the kinds of jobs they did and where they lived.
Assimilation vs. Americanization.
The chapter then discusses treaties between the two countries, and the problem with the San Francisco school board when they wanted all Japanese students segregated into a separate school from whites. Teddy Roosevelt was the person who forced the board to back down.
This gets into the issue of state's rights, which is basically the issue that set off the Civil War. The chapter then discusses more treaties and more about economics.
The third chapter starts off noting the importance of the press of the time.
Teddy Roosevelt's view of the Japanese. Several other men are quoted about their views.
The 'standard of living' of the Asiatics is different so we can't have a lot of them immigrate?
Then the subject of anti-Japanese propaganda is brought up.
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The Hearst newspapers again.
The start of chapter 4.
The purpose of the society.
The next chapter is about the population of Japanese in California. The chapter then goes into picture brides, the immigrant birth rate, and the jobs the Japanese held. The chapter after that goes into the wages the Japanese received. Both chapters have numerous tables of statistical information.
The next chapter is about the standard of living of the Japanese.
They will work for low wages at first, but want to continue moving upwards in wages and in standard of living.
Japanese language schools are the next topic.
What the schools teach, and what they don't teach.
Japanese religion.
He does have some nasty things to say about Buddhism, though.
The next chapter is on assimilation which the author defines.
The Japanese in Hawaii.
Things working against their assimilation.
The next chapter is on intermarriage.
Difficulties on the Americanization of the Japanese are covered in the next chapter.
Problems in California that impact on Americanization. The chapter after that is on citizenship.
Main Index
Japan main page
Japanese-American Internment Camps index page
Japan and World War II index page
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