Torah

1912 · réf. 362552 — Tokyo: Naigai Shuppan Kyokai 1912. First Edition. An early comprehensive survey of the Japanese in North America. Includes chapters on American society; the historical background to immigration to North America; the Japanese communities of California Washington Oregon and other states as well as British Columbia Alaska and Hawaii; the types of employment in which the Japanese are engaged and the income derived therefrom; the monetary remissions to Japan and their relationship to trade between Japan and America; the political and social status of the Japanese; the exclusion movement; and the Japanese government's emigration policy. The 32-page appendices consist of the treaties laws and regulations pertinent to the Japanese in America."—A Buried Past 274. With six leaves of halftone photographs printed two per leaf. Most of the images are reproductions of US photo postcards. An important and very scarce book. 2 10 2 2 26 6 leaves of plates 366 32 16 pages. OCLC: 37260004 Harvard 56042933 University of Hawaii microfilm 672848331 National Diet Library. First edition first printing. A very good copy in the original printed wrappers. Naigai Shuppan Kyokai unknown