Two Japanese authors set out their country’s side of the bitter dispute over Japanese immigrants in California. They trace contact from the gold rush and Commodore Perry to the arrival of Japanese labourers, describe the farm work and perishable crops those labourers handled, and examine the agitation and land laws aimed against them, with documents in the appendices.
A valuable primary source on early twentieth-century anti-Asian politics and Japanese-American relations. Download the free EPUB.