Torah

1912 · 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 2 10 2 2 26 6 leaves of plates 366 32 16 pages.<br /> <br /> 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