Title Teaching mikadoism : the attack on Japanese language schools in Hawaii, California, and Washington, 1919-1927 / Noriko Asato

Published Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 176 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Ch. 1. Immigration, education, and diplomacy: Japan, the United States, and origins of the language school controversy -- Ch. 2. Mandating Americanization: Japanese language schools and the federal survey of education in Hawaii -- Ch. 3. Closing a loophole: California exclusionists attack on Japanese language schools -- Ch. 4. A transplanted attack: Japanese language schools in Washington state -- Ch. 5. conclusion Summary Hawaii sugar plantation managers endorsed Japanese language schools but, after witnessing the assertive role of Japanese in the 1920 labor strike, they joined public school educators and the Office of Naval Intelligence in labeling them anti-American and urged their suppression. Thus the "Japanese language school problem" became a means of controlling Hawaii's largest ethnic group. The debate quickly surfaced in California and Washington, where powerful activists sought to curb Japanese immigration and economic advancement. Language schools were accused of indoctrinating Mikadoism to Japanese American children as part of Japan's plan to colonize the United States. Previously unexamined archival documents and oral history interviews highlight Japanese immigrants' resistance and their efforts to foster traditional Japanese values in their American children. They also reveal complex fissures of class and religion within the Japanese communities themselves. The author's comparative analysis of the Japanese communities in Hawaii, California, and Washington presents a clear picture of what historian Yuji Ichioka called the "distinctive histories" as well as the shared experiences of Japanese Americans Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Japanese language -- Study and teaching -- United States Education and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century Emperor worship -- Japan. Japanese -- United States -- History -- 20th century FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Education and state Emperor worship Japanese Japanese language -- Study and teaching Japan United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780824864552 0824864557

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