Lecture 21: Japanese Migration to the U.S., 1868-1924
- Japan on Eve of Migration
- Feudal heritage of Tokugawa Shogunate
- Decline of feudal obligations--Meiji Restoration
- Population Increase
- Rural-urban Migration
- New Economic Vulnerability
- Japanese Migration
- Hawaii
- Plantation economy
- Geographic and social origins of migrants
- Mainland
- Governmental interest in Japanese abroad
- Japan as world power in period
- Relative male-female balance
- Japanese in California
- Economic Place
- Ethnic Organizations
- Nativism Toward the Japanese
- Exclusion Movement and Gentlemen's Agreement
- Discriminatory California laws
- Federal Actions
Lecture 22: Internment During World War II: Accommodation and Resistance
- The Decision to Intern
- Accommodation
- Nisei and their values
- Changing power balance between generations
- Resistance to Authority
- Intra-group conflict and authorities
- The Draft
- Court challenges
Gordon Hirabayashi
Fred Korematsu
Mitsuye Endo