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A Study of "Public" Organizations in the Japanese Immigrant Community in Los Angeles before the Pacific War

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14510422
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field History of Europe and America
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

YONEYAMA Hiroshi  Ritsumeikan University, 文学部, 教授 (10240384)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
KeywordsJapanese in the United States / Japanese Americans / Japanese Associations / corporations / voluntary organizations / Los Angeles / ethnicity / nationalism / 日本人移民 / アメリカ西部 / マグロ漁 / 漁民
Research Abstract

1.Multiplicity/heterogeneity of the Japanese immigrant community : This study stresses the importance of multiplicity/heterogeneity within the community of Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles. This presents a contrast with the still-dominant tendency, among scholars of American ethnic groups, to essentialize ethnicity. The Japanese Association of Los Angeles functioned as a final arena of negotiation and accommodation among polarized interest groups.
2.Everyday forms of nationalism : In order for the Japanese association to function as an intermediary between hostile parties, it often resorted to the use of the authority of the Japanese government - the person of the resident consul. On the one hand, the consul signified the "limits" of intraethnic antagonism. On the other, the fact that the consul took the trouble to intervene on "their" behalf gave the warring groups certain satisfaction, and thus abated their belligerence. The Japanese association illuminates the importance of such everyday forms of nationalism.
3."Public" organizations as voluntary organizations : Although the Japanese were excluded from formal American politics through voting, they had many ways to participate in the American society. One area was the use of court. Another was the publicity campaigns to create favorable political climate. In both cases, the Japanese association played a central role. Thus, through the use of voluntary organizations, the immigrants participated - despite in a limited way - in the American political process. Such analytical use of voluntary organizations could be expanded to economic, social, religious, and educational organizations, and further studies should be needed to explore the participatory aspects of immigrant experience.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2006 2005 2003

All Journal Article (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] 太平洋戦争前の在米・在加日本人による日本語文献(1) : 人名録等の伝記的資料2006

    • Author(s)
      米山 裕
    • Journal Title

      『立命館言語文化研究』(立命館大学国際言語文化研究所) 17巻4号

      Pages: 43-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Japanese Language Publications by Japanese Immigrants in the United States and Canada : Part I, Who's Who and Biographical Material.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yoneyama, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture (International Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Ritsumeikan University) 17:4

      Pages: 43-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 近代における日本人の移動性 : 移民研究から移動研究へ2005

    • Author(s)
      米山 裕
    • Journal Title

      『立命館言語文化研究』(立命館大学国際言語文化研究所) 17巻1号

      Pages: 3-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Interrogating the Transnational Mobility of the Japanese : Migration, Diaspora, and International Population Mobility.2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoneyama, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture (International Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Ritsumeikan University) 17:1

      Pages: 3-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ロサンゼルスの在米日本人社会と公共団体としての羅府日本人会2005

    • Author(s)
      米山 裕
    • Journal Title

      立命館国際文化研究 17・1(印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「公式」な日系アメリカ人史の創成 : 日系アメリカ市民協会(JACL)と日系アメリカ人研究計画(JARP)2003

    • Author(s)
      米山 裕
    • Journal Title

      『立命館史学』(立命館史学会) 24号

      Pages: 85-99

    • NAID

      40006017382

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] JACL's 'Issei History Project' : The Japanese American Citizens League's Attempt for the "Definitive" History Book and the Creation of the Japanese American Research Project at the University of California, Los Angeles.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yoneyama, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Ritsumeikan Shigaku (Historical Association of Ritsumeikan University) no.24

      Pages: 85-99

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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