Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence
The Japanese-American Kona Coffee Community
1st Edition
Published on 19. July 2017
XI, 295 pages
978-3-319-55303-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the emergence of the Kona coffee agricultural economy, as well as factors that contributed to the creation of the Japanese community in Kona. The people there have survived much turmoil, including harsh treatment on the sugar plantations, economic instability, Pearl Harbor and racial stigma, and ethnic and religious identity crises. Despite these challenges, the pillars of the Japanese coffee community have remained stable.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XI, 295 p. 24 illus., 12 illus. in color.
File size
6,79 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-55303-0 (9783319553030)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-55303-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
08/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€117.69
Shipment within 10-15 days
Person
David K. Abe is Associate Professor at Kanazawa University in Japan.
Content
1. The
Issei
: In Search for Autonomy.- 2. Religious and Social Communities: The Importance of Ethnic Solidary.- 3. The
Nisei
Experience.- 4. World War II.- 5. Rebuilding Social and Religious Communities: The Aftermath of the War.
