| Farming the Home Place: A Japanese Community in California, 1919-1982 Contributor(s): Matsumoto, Valerie J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801481155 ISBN-13: 9780801481154 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 979.458 |
| LCCN: 92056774 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.07" W x 9.06" (0.95 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1919, against a backdrop of a long history of anti-Asian nativism, a handful of Japanese families established Cortez Colony in a bleak pocket of the San Joachin Valley. Valerie Matsumoto chronicles conflicts within the community as well as obstacles from without as the colonists responded to the challenges of settlement, the setbacks of the Great Depression, the hardships of World War II internment, and the opportunities of postwar reconstruction. Tracing the evolution of gender and family roles of members of Cortez as well as their cultural, religious, and educational institutions, she documents the persistence and flexibility of ethnic community and demonstrates its range of meaning from geographic location and web of social relations to state of mind. |
Contributor Bio(s): Matsumoto, Valerie J.: - Valerie J. Matsumoto is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. |