To earn money, large numbers of Japanese men found work in Hawaii in the pineapple and sugar cane plantations and from there, migrated to the mainland. Following in the wake of the Chinese immigrants marked the Japanese immigrants as a part of that group, and resulted in a negative attitude ...
Japanese American Experiences in Internment Camps during World War II as Represented by Children's and Adolescent Literature Item Type Authors Publisher Rights Download date Link to Item text; Electronic Dissertation Inagawa, Machiko The University of Arizona. Copyright © is held by the author. ...
In this beautifully lyrical piece, Neil contemplates his life and love for a muse with a hidden secret. Foster, Rick Dust Storm (Theater Mu, 2003) A Japanese American man recounts his internment experiences as a teenager during the second world war. Fujikawa, Cynthia Gates Old Man River (...
Born from its historical Japanese population in the early–mid 20th century, Sawtelle Japantown is a cornerstone of Japanese American history and culture, particularly in Los Angeles. With trendy Japanese restaurants and shops dotting its 1.48 square miles, Sawtelle Japantown continues to be a ...
Caption Japanese-American internees of the Manzanar War Relocation Camp playing a game of baseball, California, United States, circa 1943 Photographer Ansel Adams Source United States Library of Congress Identification Code LC-DIG-ppprs-00369 More on... Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese...
Since this is an interactive blog, I invite you to choose the Sarajevo or pretext for the naval battles to come in the ironically named Pacific Ocean: (1) China's ancient cultural conflict with Japan rears its head. The Chinese interfere with a Japanese ship, and the loss of face in Ja...
1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The Mescheryakovs were placed in a Tokyo-area internment camp for women and children, where “there was no suffering” and they were fed well. Towards the end of the war, the guards gave them the rejects from intercepted Red Cross packages (lot...
In early September 1942, the Japanese attempted to reinforce Guadalcanal using a technique dubbed “Ant Freight.” This required carrying troops to the Central Solomons aboard destroyers or transports, transferring them to tiny LCVP-like Daihatsu landing craft, or barges, and sending them hundreds of...
Chinese and Japanese investments in Africa, South America, and Latin America could be placing the foundation for a new power dynamic that the United States and Europe can’t check or shall I say checkmate. “Go back to Africa” is starting to sound interesting. Posted in politics | Leave a...
**All names have been changed for privacy reasons. Anna West at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco Waitressing saved my life. In 1983, I was playing bass in a San Francisco punk band and taking speed to keep going. Most nights I practiced or played in clubs, photographed other bands, or ...