The Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924

by Yuji Ichioka

A portrait of the first Japanese immigrants, known as the Issei. Leaving behind a still-traditional, feudal society for the wide-open world of America, the Japanese were long barred from holding... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029153700
• ISBN13: 9780029153703
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

History of Issei America

This is probably the most detailed of all the books describing the history of the 1st generation (Issei) immigrants from Japan. Ichioka's research for this book extended from Japan all the way to the dusty shelves of UC Berkeley and UCLA's libraries. If you ever wanted to learn about why these people left their native Japan (push and pull factors) for the hard life that awaited for them in the xenophobic society of Hawaii & California in the late 19th/early 20th century, then this is the book to read.....