Title: Japanese Americans - History, Modern era, Migration to hawaii and america
Headings: Japanese americans
Japanese americans
by Stanley E. Easton and Lucien Ellington
Overview
HISTORY
MODERN ERA
MIGRATION TO HAWAII AND AMERICA
EFFORTS TO BAN JAPANESE IMMIGRATION
POST WORLD WAR II IMMIGRATION
MODERN ERA
Acculturation and Assimilation
TRANSPLANTED TRADITIONS
HEALTH ISSUES
Language
Family and Community Dynamics
Religion
Employment and Economic Traditions
POST WORLD WAR II ECONOMIC CHANGES
THE CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POSITION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
Politics and Government
LABOR MOVEMENTS
WARTIME INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
Individual and Group Contributions
ACADEMIA
ARCHITECTURE
ART
FILM, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT
GOVERNMENT
JOURNALISM
LAW
LITERATURE
SCIENCE
SPORTS
Media
PRINT
Chicago Shimpo.
The Hawaii Hoichi.
Hokubei Mainichi.
Nichi Bei Times.
Rafu Shimpo.
RADIO
KALI-FM (106.3).
Contact: Mr. Ono.
KJPN.
KZOO-AM (1210).
TELEVISION
Organizations and Associations
Japan-America Society of Washington (JASW).
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
Japan Hour Broadcasting.
Japan Society (JS).
Nippon Club.
Museums and Research Centers
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.
Japanese American Curriculum Project.
Japanese American National Museum.
Japanese American Society for Legal Studies.
U.S.-Japan Culture Center (USJCC).
Sources for Additional Study
User Contributions:
Linda
Amanda
Sarah
Josh
Omunique
Stephanie
James
raenell barber
Kashia Vue
Arturo P. Reyes, MD
Deborah
steven mack
Ben
Blanca
blubberi
Minh
edo
Matt
Sarah
Izzi
GOD
Esther
Yumeno
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Content: Marriages were arranged by parents. Go-betweens brokered  agreements between families. Couples were married while the bride was in  Japan and the groom was in the United States. Husband and wife met for the  first time upon their arrival at the pier in Honolulu, San Francisco, or  Seattle, using photographs to identify one another. This wave of  immigration changed the nature of the Japanese American community from a  male migrant laborer community to a family-oriented people seeking  permanent settlement. By 1924, many Americans favored restricting immigration through a quota  system aimed primar