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In Search Of A New Identity: Shiga Shigetaka's Recommendations For Japanese In Hawai'i, Masako Gavin
In Search Of A New Identity: Shiga Shigetaka's Recommendations For Japanese In Hawai'i, Masako Gavin
Masako Gavin
Extract: After the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), over-population and unemployment became pressing issues in Japan. Many intellectuals were concerned about the social and economic hardships caused by these problems and advocated solving them through emigration. The prominent journalist and a professor of geography at the Tokyo Senmon Gakkô (presently Waseda University), Shiga Shigetaka (1863-1927), believed Hawai’i was an ideal migration destination for the unemployed and impoverished Japanese.
Rise And Shine: An Autobiographical Sketch Relating The Life And Times Of Rural Kentucky During The 1940s, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea
Rise And Shine: An Autobiographical Sketch Relating The Life And Times Of Rural Kentucky During The 1940s, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea
Lee J Florea, PhD, P.G.
The community of Poplarville, in the beautiful hills along the edge of the Cumberland Plateau in southeast Kentucky, was the home of my youth in the 1940’s. To me, this region remains God’s country and a place where one can appreciate Nature at its finest. For generations, my family and the families of our neighbors lived simple lives and learned to harness Nature’s abundance from the fields, forests, and streams. During the day, songbirds and wildflowers enriched our senses. During the night, stars blazed in the sky. Though our lives were tied to the seasons, the 1940’s were the beginning …
"Silly Creations Of An Imagination That Is Not Conscious Of Its Freaks": Multiple Selves, Wordless Communication, And The Psychology Of Mark Twain's No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger, Randall Knoper
Randall Knoper
No abstract provided.
Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair
Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair
Glenn McNair
No abstract provided.