A pictorial representation, in black and white, of Japanese internment camps during World War II, this book has over 100 pages of pictures of the evacuation and internment, taken by Dorothea Lange and other photographers, plus a text providing a brief historical account of events leading up to the internment. (SB)

Japanese Americans and Canadians must take stock of their heritage if they are to become responsible, participant, vital Americans and Canadians. (Author/AM)

Presents an English translation of the first few pages, set in a Japanese internment camp in the U.S. during World War II, of a Japanese novel about the problems of dual nationality and personal identity. (KH)

Presents the results of a study which compared the self concept of Japanese American and White American children (grades four through six) using a modified Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale. Reports that the Japanese-Americans scored significantly lower than the Whites only on the physical scores, and considers some explanations for this…

Presented data on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean marriages in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Found that the Japanese have the highest rates of outmarriage (one partner not of the specific nationality group) in Los Angeles, and Chinese and Koreans were characterized by high rates of outmarriage in Hawaii. (LLL)

The experiences of 3 groups in the U.S. are examined: (1) the Negro movement from the South during 1860 to 1920; (2) the Japanese-American migration from internment camps during World War II; and (3) the exodus from Southern Appalachia between 1930 and 1960. (NQ)

A pictorial, language-free method for assessing some of the cognitive aspects of acculturation is presented, and a practical and inexpensive scaling technique is described which is guaranteed to provide internal consistency even where the quantities have not previously been measured. (Author/FF)

Suggests that the years between cataclysmic wartime occurrences and the period during which Japanese Americans became viewed as the "successful minority" were a period of crisis rather than a period of transition. Discusses "social amnesia" in terms of issues never fully resolved by Japanese Americans. (MK)

Japanese Americans (N=68) completed acculturation scale and rated credibility and attractiveness of counselor in tape-recorded simulated counseling session. Bicultural participants rated counselor as more attractive than did Western-identified participants. Japanese-American counselor was rated as more attractive than white-American counselor when…

The approach of this publication to the study of minority cultures is through an introduction to the literature of certain minority groups in the United States: native Americans, black Americans, Chinese, Japanese, and Puerto Ricans. It is intended primarily as a guide for libraries, library school students, library schools, other educators, and…

JAPANESE-AMERICANS HAVE HAD A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DIFFICULTY WITHIN CALIFORNIA. EARLY DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION AGAINST JAPANESE-AMERICANS HAD FORCED THEM INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND THUS HAD FORCED THEM TO RETAIN THEIR CULTURE. WORLD WAR II RELOCATION OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICANS HAD CAUSED UPHEAVAL IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIVING. THESE…

Fifteen cognitive abilities tests of the Hawaii Family Study of Cognition were factor analyzed concerning between-family means and within-family differences, using 370 sibling pairs of Americans of European ancestry and 116 sibling pairs of Japanese ancestry. The similarity of between-family and within-family structures suggests that the genetic…

Article demonstrated the advantages and experiences, for students and university, of producing Kabuki plays in English. The program was carried out by the Department of Drama and Theatre at the University of Hawaii. (Author/RK)

Discusses problems of ethnic "lumping" faced by Asian groups in the United States. Reveals how, historically, Asians have found it necessary to disassociate themselves from other Asians in order to uphold their ethnic identity; this need has often resulted in mutual antagonism between Asian ethnic groups. (Author/DA)