Subverting Exclusion - Transpacific Encounters With Race, Caste, and Borders, 1885-1928

Concerned with people called variously: eta, burakumin, buraku jumin, buraku people, outcastes, or "the lowest of the low," this book examines how their experience of caste/status-based discrimination in 19th century Japan affected their experience of race-based discrimination in the West of the US and Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

About the author

Andrea Geiger is associate professor of history at Simon Fraser University.

Summary

Concerned with people called variously: eta, burakumin, buraku jumin, buraku people, outcastes, or "the lowest of the low," this book examines how their experience of caste/status-based discrimination in 19th century Japan affected their experience of race-based discrimination in the West of the US and Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Geiger, Prof. Andrea Geiger
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2015
• EAN: 9780300212556
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21255-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: The Lamar Series in Western History; Lamar Series in Western Histor; The Lamar Series in Western History; Lamar Series in Western History (YALE)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Japan, Ethnic Studies, Canada, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Black & Asian Studies, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General