Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community

Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments IX Introduction 3 1 Approaches to the Study ofthe Persistence ofEthnicity I"" 2 The Structure ofSocial Relationships amongJapanese Americans 29 3 The Petit Bourgeois Economic Accommodation ....7 4 The California Survey 63 5 Early Socialization Experiences of Nisei and Sansei 76 6 Friendship and Voluntary Association Membership in Ethnic and Nonethnic Communities 95 7 Economic Activities and Networks 118 8 Intermarriage 130 9 Political Attitudes and Participation 141 10 Persistence and Change in Perceived Social Boundaries 165 liThe Japanese American Experience and Understanding Ethnicity in the Modern World 178 References 187 Index 205 vii ...