508 Sansei (third generation Japanese American) college students in California were interviewed to identify sociological correlates of Sansei activism; the Sansei were divided into four types based on the dimensions of acceptance versus rejection of traditionalism and involvement versus detachment from social issues. (Author/JM)

The book, "History of the Okinawans in North America," is reviewed by its translator, who also summarizes the history and culture of the Okinawan community in California. Okinawans long considered themselves an oppressed minority among Japanese and desire a separate history in order to preserve the community and its cultural heritage.…

Analyzes the responses of 210 Hawaian Japanese and Caucasian respondents from seven different residential subsamples to questions regarding racial perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors. (JM)

Notes that a new era for the recording of Japanese American history was inaugurated in 1976. Representing more than historical revisionism a basic change in the premises for writing about the Japanese American concentration camps emerged. (Author/AM)

Data from a three generational survey of Japanese Americans indicate that the occupational and educational attainments of the first generation are reflected in the achievements of later generations, and suggest that both relatively traditional and more assimilationist currents flow in the Japanese American community. (Author/JM)

A review of past studies and an analysis of current rates of intermarriage show a historical pattern which initially showed a high and almost exclusive preference for other Japanese, which began to show slight changes in the second generation, and which has reached the 50 percent level by the third generation. (Author/JM)

Describes the psychosocial aspects of the past and the present living situation for today's elderly Chinese and Japanese Americans; many values to which first-generation Asian Americans were for maintaining adequate life satisfaction during the later years. (Author/JM)

Contrasts the life-styles and values of Nisei and Sansei Japanese-Americans. (JM)

Discusses the work of Japanese-American writer Yoshiko Uchida, who accurately re-creates a sense of the past in her depictions of Japanese-Americans struggling to define their self-images. Examines Uchida's treatment of several sociocultural issues and themes reflected in her children's works dealing with pre-World War II and internment years. (RS)

More than 300 men of Japanese descent refused to be drafted into the U.S. military in the 1940s, contending that they should not risk their lives for a country that had forced 120,000 Japanese-Americans, including them and their families, into internment camps. They would be willing to fight in World War II only after Japanese-Americans were…

For one Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) university student who had been brought up by her Japanese grandparents, questions of who she was and how much upbringing and personal experiences had molded her were with her constantly. She questioned how much of her grandfather's and her mother's high expectations had to do with her lack of…

This paper provides a topical listing of readings on Asia (mostly by Asians). This compilation was undertaken by the Asia Society Textbook Evaluation Project as a service to teachers and curriculum developers looking for materials on Asia for courses in a wide range of fields. In-depth evaluations of the readings are not made. Among the fifty-six…

Explores the managerial behavior of sansei, third-generation Japanese-Americans, which directly conforms to neither Western nor native Japanese models, but which contains identifiable elements of each. (BJV)

Although the Nisei ethnic group experienced much residential dispersal, members have not been absorbed into the majority group society, largely because of their tendency to maintain Japanese interpersonal style rather than accept the style of the United States. A primary cause of the Nisei's style is their expression of their subjective self. (VM)

This Historical Reader on "Japanese American Internment" in World War II introduces students to key events and issues during the period through the voices of people with firsthand experienced. Source documents and illustrations are arranged in chronological order and/or thematic units that establish context. Each selection is followed by…