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An ethnography of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian migrants : childhood, family, and work /

This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Ethel Kosminsky analyzes the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their fami...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kosminsky, Ethel Volfzon (Author)
Other Authors: Sakamoto, Arthur (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Bastos (São Paulo, Brazil) > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Japanese > Brazil > Bastos (São Paulo) > History > 20th century.
Japanese > Brazil > Ethnic identity.
Japanese > Cultural assimilation > Brazil.
Immigrants > Brazil > Bastos (São Paulo) > History > 20th century.
Japan > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Return migration > Japan > History > 20th century.
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Summary:This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Ethel Kosminsky analyzes the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their families.
Physical Description:xxv, 349 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index.
ISBN:9781498522595
1498522599