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Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence - The Japanese-American Kona Coffee Community

Anglais · Livre de poche

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This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the emergence of the Kona coffee agricultural economy, as well as factors that contributed to the creation of the Japanese community in Kona. The people there have survived much turmoil, including harsh treatment on the sugar plantations, economic instability, Pearl Harbor and racial stigma, and ethnic and religious identity crises. Despite these challenges, the pillars of the Japanese coffee community have remained stable.

Table des matières

1. The Issei: In Search for Autonomy.- 2. Religious and Social Communities: The Importance of Ethnic Solidary.- 3. The Nisei Experience.- 4. World War II.- 5. Rebuilding Social and Religious Communities: The Aftermath of the War.

A propos de l'auteur

David K. Abe is Associate Professor at Kanazawa University in Japan.

Résumé

This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the emergence of the Kona coffee agricultural economy, as well as factors that contributed to the creation of the Japanese community in Kona. The people there have survived much turmoil, including harsh treatment on the sugar plantations, economic instability, Pearl Harbor and racial stigma, and ethnic and religious identity crises. Despite these challenges, the pillars of the Japanese coffee community have remained stable.

Détails du produit

Auteurs David K Abe, David K. Abe
Edition Springer, Berlin
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre de poche
Sortie 01.01.2018
 
EAN 9783319856230
ISBN 978-3-31-985623-0
Pages 295
Dimensions 148 mm x 16 mm x 210 mm
Poids 405 g
Illustrations XI, 295 p. 24 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Catégories Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres

Asien, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Culture, Sociology, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Sociological Theory, Asia, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, auseinandersetzen, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, Historical Sociology, Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten

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