Rise of a Japanese Chinatown: Yokohama, 1894-1972

by Eric C. Han

Book Overview

Rise of a Japanese Chinatown is the first English-language monograph on the history of a Chinese immigrant community in Japan. It focuses on the transformations of that population in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. Eric C. Han narrates the paradoxical story of how, during periods of war and peace, Chinese immigrants found an enduring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674244532
• ISBN13: 9780674244535
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"