Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence

David K. Abe

ISBN 10: 331955302X / ISBN 13: 9783319553023

Published by Palgrave Macmillan Aug 2017, 2017

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -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.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 308 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Aug 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 331955302X
• ISBN 13: 9783319553023
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 22D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 513 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

David K. Abe is Associate Professor at Kanazawa University in Japan.