Claiming the Oriental Gateway
Claiming the Oriental Gateway

Author: Shelley Sang-Hee Lee

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1439902151

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How the interests of Seattle and Japanese Americans were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II.

Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924
Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924

Author: Ikuko Torimoto

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1476627347

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Okina Kyūin boarded the steamship Kaga Maru at the port of Yokohama in 1907, bound for America. For this ambitious young man, Japanese-American newspapers were an invaluable medium for communicating his opinions on important social issues and documenting everyday life in his community. His vivid articles and stories established him as an essential voice among Japanese immigrants. This book examines Okina's life on the American West Coast in the context of U.S.-Japanese diplomatic relations between 1868 and 1924.

Seattle Sports
Seattle Sports

Author: Terry Anne Scott

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2020-08-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1682261352

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Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City, edited by Terry Anne Scott, explores the vast and varied history of sports in this city where diversity and social progress are reflected in and reinforced by play. The work gathered here covers Seattle’s professional sports culture as well as many of the city’s lesser-known figures and sports milestones. Fresh, nuanced takes on the Seattle Mariners, Supersonics, and Seahawks are joined by essays on gay softball leagues, city court basketball, athletics in local Japanese American communities during the interwar years, ultimate, the fierce women of roller derby, and much more. Together, these essays create a vivid portrait of Seattle fans, who, in supporting their teams—often in rain, sometimes in the midst of seismic activity—check the country’s implicit racial bias by rallying behind outspoken local sporting heroes.

Historicizing Online Politics
Historicizing Online Politics

Author: Yongming Zhou

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780804751285

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It is widely recognized that internet technology has had a profound effect on political participation in China, but this new use of technology is not unprecedented in Chinese history. This is a pioneering work that systematically describes and analyzes the manner in which the Chinese used telegraphy during the late Qing, and the internet in the contemporary period, to participate in politics. Drawing upon insights from the fields of anthropology, history, political science, and media studies, this book historicizes the internet in China and may change the direction of the emergent field of Chinese internet studies. In contrast to previous works, this book is unprecedented in its perspective, in the depth of information and understanding, in the conclusions it reaches, and in its methodology. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is accessible to a broad audience.