Transnational Women's Activism: The United States, Japan, and Japanese Immigrant Communities in California, 1859-1920

by Rumi Yasutake

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Following landmark trade agreements between Japan and the United States in the 1850s, Tokyo began importing a unique American commodity: Western social activism. As Japan sought to secure its future as a commercial power and American women pursued avenues of political expression, Protestant church-women and, later, members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) traveled to the Asian coast to promote Christian teachings and women's social...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0814797032

ISBN13:9780814797037

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:187 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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Transnational Women's Activism: The United States, Japan, and Japanese Immigrant Communities in California, 1859-1920

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