SOC218H1 Lecture : Soc218 Lec 2
Document Summary
Began at the end of the 19th c. 1637 tokugawa shogunate (1603 - 1868) passed an edicit. Death sentence of those who attempted to leave japan. Not allowed to leave the country or interact with foreigners. Ship racks => ships drifted to north american coast. 180,000 japanese entered hawaii within next 23 years. Moved to the us, canada, australia, south america (peru and brazil) 1877: 19 years old sailor manzo nagano arrived new westminster, bc. 1897 1901: more than 15,000 arrvied. 1905 1907: nearly 12,000 japanese arrived. Children were born between 1908 and 1928. First generation issei : arrived canada at the turn of the century. Second generation nisei : born during the 1920s and 1930s, adulthood during wwii. Current: fifth and sixth generation gosei and rokusei . Distinction b/w people who"s families before wwii. About 30,000 japanese arrived within 20 years. From economically depressed farming and fishing villages. Mura means village => america mura: america village (fishing village)
