"Slim, well-researched, and readable, this is not only a social history of an ethnic community but a gateway into the ancient psyche of the Japanese." --The San Francisco Review of Books
"... straightforward... informative... " --Contemporary Sociology
"The Japanese American Experience... will be used with profit by professors and students in sociology and ethnic studies courses, for it is the best general text on Japanese Americans currently in print."--The Journal of American History
"... a succinct and insightful account of the community's early struggle for survival in a racist society... " --American Historical Review
This concise history of three generations of Japanese Americans focuses on their collective response to the challenges of discrimination and to the strikingly different historical circumstances each generation has faced.
- ISBN10 0253206561
- ISBN13 9780253206565
- Publish Date 22 August 1991 (first published 1 January 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 March 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English