Rise of a Japanese Chinatown: Yokohama, 1894-1972

by Eric C. Han

Book Overview

Rise of a Japanese Chinatown is the first English-language monograph on the history of a Chinese immigrant community in Japan. It focuses on the transformations of that population in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. Eric C. Han narrates the paradoxical story of how, during periods of war and peace, Chinese immigrants found an enduring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067449198X
• ISBN13: 9780674491984
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"