Not Just the Quiet People: The Nisei Underclass

Not Just the Quiet People: The Nisei Underclass

Spickard describes the lives of a number of second generation Japanese American who did not fit the quiet, hard-working stereotype and examines their meaning for Japanese American history. Among the cohort of rowdies were zoot-suiters, prostitutes and gamblers.

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Veröffentlicht in:Pacific historical review 1999-02, Vol.68 (1), p.78-94
Hauptverfasser: Spickard, Paul R., Najima, Blackie
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
Asian Americans
Communities
Concentration camps
Gangs
History
Immigrants
Japan
Japanese
Japanese Americans
Prisoner of war camps
Research Note
Sex workers
Social classes
Stereotypes
U.S.A
Under class
Underclass
White people
World wars
Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:Spickard describes the lives of a number of second generation Japanese American who did not fit the quiet, hard-working stereotype and examines their meaning for Japanese American history. Among the cohort of rowdies were zoot-suiters, prostitutes and gamblers.
ISSN:0030-8684
1533-8584
DOI:10.2307/3641870