Airborne Dreams: "Nisei" Stewardesses and Pan American World Airways

by Christine R. Yano

In 1955 Pan American World Airways began recruiting Japanese American women to work as stewardesses on its Tokyo-bound flights and eventually its round-the-world flights as well. Based in Honolulu, these women were informally known as Pan Am's "Nisei"-second-generation Japanese Americans-even though not all of them were Japanese American or second-generation. They were ostensibly hired for their Japanese-language skills, but few spoke Japanese fluently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348500
• ISBN13: 9780822348504
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"