Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community

by Stephen S. Fugita, David J. O'Brien, David J. O’Brien

Book Overview

Why do some groups retain their ethnicity as they become assimilated into mainstream American life while others do not? This study employs both historical sources and contemporary survey data to explain the seeming paradox of why Japanese Americans have maintained high levels of ethnic community involvement while becoming structurally assimilated. Most traditional approaches to the study of ethnicity in the United States are based on the European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295973765
• ISBN13: 9780295973760
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher