Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan

311 Pages·1999·16.252 MB·English

by  Yukiko Koshiro

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trans-pacific racisms
AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION OP JAPAN

TRANS-PACIFIC RACISMS
AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
A STUDY OF THE EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
THE UNITED STATES AND PACIFIC ASIA:
STUDIES IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL INTERACTION
CAROL GLUCK AND MICHAEL HUNT, GENERAL EDITORS
STUDIES OF THE EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
The East Asian Institute is Columbia University’s center for research, pub­
lication, and teaching on modern East Asia. The Studies of the East Asian
Institute were inaugurated in 1962 to bring to a wider public the results of
significant new research on modern and contemporary East Asia.
A STUDY OF TI.E EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE
LIBRARY UC RIVERSIDE
TRANS-PACIFIC RACISMS
AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
Yukiko Koshiro
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Koshiro, Yukiko.
Trans-Pacific racisms and the U.S. occupation of Japan / Yukiko Koshiro.
p. cm. — (A study of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-231-11348-X (cloth). — ISBN 0-231-11349-8 (paper : alk. paper)
1. United States—Foreign relations—Japan. 2. Japan—Foreign
relations—United States. 3. Racism—Political aspects—United
States—History—20th century. 4. United States—Foreign
relations—1945-1989 5. Japan—History—Allied occupation,
1945-1952. I. Title. II. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute.
E183.8.J3K67 1999
327.73052—dc2i 98—39912.
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For Carol Gluck
THE UNITED STATES AND PACIFIC ASIA:
STUDIES IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL INTERACTION
CAROL GLUCK AND MICHAEL HUNT, GENERAL EDITORS
ALSO IN THIS SERIES
The Great Powers in East Asia, 1953-1960
Warren I. Cohen and Akira Iriye
To the People: Janies Yen and Village China
Charles W. Hayford
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ix
A NOTE ON THE ORIGIN OF MODERN RACISM
xi
Introduction: Race in U.S.-Japanese Relations
i
i. The International Framework for Postwar Japanese-American Racism
15
2. Race and Culture: Person to Person
49
3. Racial Equality, Minorities, and the Japanese Constitution
89
4. Japanese Overseas Emigration
123
5. The Problem of Miscegenation
159
Epilogue: The Aftermath—The Lesson of the Occupation
201
A NOTE ON THE SOURCE CITATIONS
221
NOTES
22J
INDEX
2S5