Where Did Little Tokyo Go?: The New York Japanese Before World War II: Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876–1930s

Since most of them stayed only five to seven years, Inouye's detailed probing of these elites in Chapter Two is confined to college-educated immigrant professionals, particularly Jokichi Takamine and Toyohiko Takami, whose professional achievement, community service, and conspicuous consumption...

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Published in:The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 2019, Vol.18 (3), p.369-370
Main Author: Brian Masaru Hayashi
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Americans
Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002)
Community service
Inouye, Daniel K
Lifestyles
Noncitizens
Population
Professionals
World War II
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Summary:Since most of them stayed only five to seven years, Inouye's detailed probing of these elites in Chapter Two is confined to college-educated immigrant professionals, particularly Jokichi Takamine and Toyohiko Takami, whose professional achievement, community service, and conspicuous consumption placed them at the top. The three Christian churches too, while engaging in social welfare and other community service, failed to overcome the status differences that some of their members clung to despite its negative effect on intra-church social relations. [...]the churches and temple, in Inouye's eyes, are credited only with “creating the semblance [emphasis retained] of a socially interconnected Japanese ethnic and cultural community in New York City” (215).
ISSN:1537-7814
1943-3557
DOI:10.1017/S1537781419000136