Why read Japanese Americans?

Book cover of Japanese Americans: The Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group

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Since 1855, nearly a half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, the majority arriving between 1890 and 1924 during the great wave of immigration to Hawai'i and the mainland. Today, more than one million Americans claim Japanese ancestry. They came to study and to work, and…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Japanese Americans as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Saara Kekki

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I read this book after having already read dozens of books on Japanese American history and immediately felt that this was the one book that one truly needs to read.

Spickard not only explains and interprets on behalf of the community but also really seeks to understand how and why the Japanese Americans became the type of ethnic community they are.

More importantly, this book doesn’t only focus on the surface story of the racism that led to incarceration but delves much deeper into race relations, including those between Japanese Americans and other minorities.

From Saara's list on really feeling the everyday life of the Japanese American community.