[Japanese Americana]. [Hawaii]

Hawaii Nihon Go Kyoiku Shi [History of Hawaii Japanese Language Edition]

Honolulu & Tokyo: 1937. [2],702,[1]pp. plus plates. Original green silk over boards, gilt, t.e.g. Spine faded, corners bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. About very good. Item #4006

A very rare history of Japanese-language schools in Hawaii between 1911 and 1937. The work is written entirely in Japanese and illustrated with several plates depicting school children, teachers, and other officials. "Once the Issei had decided to settle in Hawaii, they wanted their children to become good Americans of Japanese ancestry, with a command of both the English and Japanese languages and cultures. In the mid-1910s they came to feel the impact of the Americanization movement and feared that Hawaii's Japanese language schools would be attacked. Thus, in 1914, to cope with this pressure, the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai (Japanese Educational Association of Hawaii) was organized by the school principals and teachers to unify over 130 schools. In 1917, the Kyoiku Kai published their own textbooks with content suitable to Hawaii born Nisei and decided to teach only the Japanese language and moral lessons, eliminating Japanese patriotic lessons and adding new lessons to encourage Japanese to become loyal Americans, who would nonetheless also cherish their Japanese heritage" -- Davidann. We could not locate any copies in OCLC.
Davidann, Jon: Hawaii at the Crossroads of the U.S. and Japan Before the Pacific War, 2008.

Price: $2,850.00