Americanization, Acculturation, and Ethnic Identity: The Nisei Generation in Hawaii

by Eileen H. Tamura

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Wartime hysteria over "foreign" ways fueled a movement for Americanization that swept the United States during and after World War I. Eileen H. Tamura examines the forms that hysteria took in Hawai'i, where the Nisei (children of Japanese immigrants) were targets of widespread discrimination.

Tamura analyzes Hawaii's organized effort to force the Nisei to adopt "American" ways, discussing it within the larger phenomenon of Nisei acculturation...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252063589

ISBN13:9780252063589

Release Date:December 1993

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

20th Century Australia & Oceania History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences State & Local

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