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It is 1965 and Japan has not yet achieved its "economic miracle" status. Yoshimi Ishikawa leaves home on the tiny island of Oshima to join his brother, who has emigrated to a farm in Southern California. In his memoirs, Ishikawa limns a unique slice of rural life during a time of rapid tra...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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Tokyo : New York ;
Kodansha International,
1991
Tokyo ; New York : New York : Kodansha International ; Distributed in the U.S. by Kodansha America, 1991 Tokyo ; New York : 1991 Tokyo ; New York : New York : 1991 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | It is 1965 and Japan has not yet achieved its "economic miracle" status. Yoshimi Ishikawa leaves home on the tiny island of Oshima to join his brother, who has emigrated to a farm in Southern California. In his memoirs, Ishikawa limns a unique slice of rural life during a time of rapid transition when Japanese "blanket men" still roamed the countryside in search of work; when Japanese bankers drove miles to collect meager deposits from their compatriots; when Cesar Chavez conducted his famous boycott and strike of 1966. Partly a coming-of-age tale, Ishikawa's narrative is lively and humorous. It's escriptive of the poignant relations between different generations of Japanese in the United States, and reflective of Ishikawa's struggles to learn English and adapt to American customs as this astute observer vividly evokes the opportunities, dashed hopes and groping patriotism of immigrant would-be Americans. A gallery of exotic characters people the narrative--Haight-Ashbury hippies, illegal Mexican fruit pickers and prostitutes, Japanese issei and nisei still bitter about their WW II internments, and farmers and entrepreneurs who--like Ishikawa's brother--married American citizens to provide other Japanese family members green card entry to the U.S |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC Translation of: Sutoroberi rodo Translation of: Sutoroberī rōdo Translation of: Sutoroberī rōdo |
| Physical Description: | 263 p. ; 22 cm 263 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 4770015518 : 4770015518 9784770015518 |