1st Edition

The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain From Integration to Disintegration

By Keiko Itoh Copyright 2001
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    Explores the origins of the community, and compares the experience of the Japanese to that of other national groups. The book discusses the community's involvement in the arts, religion and sport; intermarriage; and the second generation, and concludes by considering the impact of deteriorating relations in the 1930s and of the Second World War.

    Introduction ; Chapter 1 The Japanese in Britain; Chapter 2 Japanese ‘Expatriate’ Businesses in Britain; Chapter 3 The ‘Independent’ Smaller Japanese Businesses; Chapter 4 Marriage; Chapter 5 The Arts, Sports and Religion; Chapter 6 Childhood; Chapter 7 Epilogue;

    Biography

    Itoh, Keiko

    'Contains a wealth of a fascinating details and much of human interest.' - The Japan Society