Hawaiʻi at the crossroads of the U.S. and Japan before the Pacific War / Jon Thares Davidann, editor. - vi, 246 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Based on papers from a conference held in 2001 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Cooperation and Conflict in U.S.-Japanese Relations in Hawai'i / "Colossal Illusions": The Institute of Pacific Relations in U.S.-Japanese Relations, 1919-1938 / The Japanese Institute of Pacific Relations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact: The Activities and Limitations of Private Diplomacy / Hawai'i, the IPR, and the Japanese Immigration Problem: A Focus on the First and Second IPR Conferences of 1925 and 1927 / The Politics of Americanization from Japanese Immigrant Perspectives / Americanizing Hawai'i's Japanese: A Transnational Partnership and the Politics of Racial Harmony during the 1920s / Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Struggles of the Japanese in Hawai'i: The Case of Okumura Takie and Imamura Yemyo and Americanization / In Search of a New Identity: Shiga Shigetaka's Recommendations for Japanese in Hawai'i / Buddhism at the Crossroads of the Pacific: Imamura Yemyo and Buddhist Social Ethics / In the Strong Wind of the Americanization Movement: The Japanese-Language School Litigation Controversy and Okumura's Educational Campaign / Jon Davidann, Paul F. Hooper, Eileen H. Tamura -- Paul F. HooperFrom the Center to the Periphery: Hawai'i and the Pacific Community Tomoko Akami -- Jon Davidann -- Michiko Ito -- Nobuo Katagiri -- Eileen H. Tamura -- Hiromi Monobe -- Shimada Noriko -- Masako Gavin -- Moriya Tomoe -- Mariko Takagi-Kitayama.

9780824832254 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008009091


Japanese--History--Hawaii--20th century--Congresses.
Intercultural communication--History--Hawaii--20th century--Congresses.
Internationalism--History--Japan--20th century--Congresses.


Hawaii--Relations--Japan--Congresses
Hawaii--Relations--United States--Congresses
Japan--Relations--Hawaii--Congresses
United States--Relations--Hawaii--Congresses
United States--Foreign relations--Japan--Congresses
Japan--Foreign relations--United States--Congresses
United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945--Congresses.

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