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Jan Ken Po
Contributor(s): Ogawa, Dennis M. (Author)
ISBN: 0824803981     ISBN-13: 9780824803988
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
OUR PRICE:   $20.90  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 1982
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
Dewey: 301.451
LCCN: 78009513
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.54 lbs) 196 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Hawaii
- Cultural Region - Oceania
 
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Jan Ken Po, Ai Kono Sho
Junk An'a Po, I Canna Show

These words to a simple child's game brought from Japan and made local, the property of all of Hawaii's people, symbolize the cultural transformation experienced by Hawaii's Japanese. It is the story of this experience that Dennis Ogawa tells so well here.

Contributor Bio(s): Ogawa, Dennis M.: - Dennis M. Ogawa received his PhD from UCLA in 1969 where he was honored as one of the founders of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. He is professor and former Chair at the Department of American Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Dr. Ogawa's books (a number of which are best sellers for University of Hawai'i Press) include Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese Americans, Kodomo No Tame Ni: For the Sake of the Children, and The First Nisei. Among his honors are the Imperial Decoration Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii's Living Treasure of Hawaii Award, the Consulate General of Japan Commendation Award, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii's Achievement in Leadership and Education CLAD Award, and Hawaiian Historical Society's title of distinguished historian. In recognition of Professor Ogawa's excellence in research, he has been invited as a Senior Fellow for both the East-West Center and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.