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The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm and the Creation of Japanese America

Autor Daniel A. Métraux
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2022
This study examines the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm, founded in California by refugees of the 1868 Boshin War as the first Japanese settlement in the United States. The author analyzes how the farm played a critical role in expanding agriculture in the state and how it paved the way for tens of thousands of Japanese immigrants.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498585408
ISBN-10: 149858540X
Pagini: 158
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

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Foreword by Amy S. Miller

Chapter 1: National Tension That Brought on the Boshin War in Japan

Chapter 2: John Henry Schnell¿s Service to the Aizu Han and His Decision to Move to California

Chapter 3: Japanese Immigration to the United States

Chapter 4: The Founding of the Wakamatsu Tea & Silk Colony Farm

Chapter 5: The Wakamatsu Dream: A Diverse and Flourishing Agricultural Community

Chapter 6: The Last Days of the Wakamatsu Colony

Chapter 7: The Creation of the Legendary Okei-san

Chapter 8: Wakamatsu as a Pilgrimage Site

Chapter 9: What Happened to the Japanese Colonists?

Afterword by Michele Lobach