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Teaching Mikadoism is a dynamic and nuanced look at the Japanese language school controversy that originated in the Territory of Hawaii in 1919. At the time, ninety-eight percent of Hawaii’s Japanese American children attended Japanese language schools. Sugar plantation managers endorsed these schools, but after witnessing the assertive role of the Japanese in the 1920 labor strike, they joined public school educators and the Office of Naval Intelligence in labeling them anti-American and urged their suppression. Thus the "Japanese language school problem" became a means of controlling Hawaii’s largest ethnic group. The debate quickly surfaced in California and Washington, where powerful activists sought to curb Japanese immigration and economic advancement. Language schools were accused of indoctrinating Mikadoism to Japanese American children as part of Japan’s plan to colonize the United States.

Previously unexamined archival documents and oral history interviews highlight Japanese immigrants’ resistance and their efforts to foster traditional Japanese values in their American children. They also reveal complex fissures of class and religion within the Japanese communities themselves: The language school debate in Hawaii originated with the rivalry between elite Christian assimilationists who opposed such schools and Buddhist plantation laborers who strongly supported them. A comparative analysis of the Japanese communities in Hawaii, California, and Washington presents a clear picture of what historian Yuji Ichioka called the "distinctive histories" as well as the shared experiences of Japanese Americans. Within this framework, the history of the Japanese language school is central to the Japanese American struggle to secure fundamental rights in the United States.

Eight decades later, the Japanese language school debate remains relevant in the context of ethnic diversity in education today. Teaching Mikadoism! shifts the focus of research on Japanese language schools from an institutional perspective to a more layered approach that provides a deeper historical background to civil rights issues in a multicultural America. ... Read more

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Hawai'i and Fiji share strikingly similar histories of colonialism and plantation sugar production but display different legacies of ethnic conflict today. Pacific Island chiefdoms colonized by the United States and England respectively, the islands' indigenous populations were forced to share resources with a small colonizing elite and growing numbers of workers imported from South Asia. Both societies had long traditions of chiefly power exercised through reciprocity and descent; both were integrated into the plantation complex in the nineteenth century. Colonial authorities, however, constructed vastly different legal relationships with the indigenous peoples in each setting, and policy toward imported workers also differed in arrangements around land tenure and political participation. The legacies of these colonial arrangements are at the roots of the current crisis in both places. Focusing on the intimate relationship between law, culture, and the production of social knowledge, these essays re-center law in social theory. The authors analyze the transition from chiefdom to capitalism, colonizers' racial and governmental ideologies, land and labor policies, and contemporary efforts to recuperate indigenous culture and assert or maintain indigenous sovereignty. Speaking to Fijian and Hawaiian circumstances, this volume illuminates the role of legal and archival practice in constructing ethnic and political identities and producing colonial and anthropological knowledge. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1922.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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From 1840 to 1848 American Calvinist missionaries sought to indoctrinate the children who would become monarchs of Hawaii by placing them into a residential school.A battle of epic proportions occurred between Moses, the oldest of the students and Amos Cooke the Calvinist missionary selected to run the school as Moses sought to to hang on to his Hawaiian heritage.Moses lost and the remaining pupils suffered cultural genocide, self-worth damage and identity confusion that affected their reigns. ... Read more

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"I was impressed most by this author's encyclopedic knowledge of Hawaiian culture, customs and history.I also like the political conscience that guides the novel.This is a book written for a reason.Of the characters, I was most interested in Kapeka and the Voice she hears.And - it goes without saying - this novel has a very strong sense of place, communicated not only in visual detail, but in a well-crafted sense of mood and atmosphere.

Rowena's review
Author's interpretation of the possible outcome of the effects of the missionary teaching on young Hawaiian Ali'i is filled with Aloha for the people and history of Hawaii.Unfortunately, the the portrayal of thoughtpatterns and situations are NOT within the Hawaiian way of life, beliefs orthinking patterns.Her end analysis is acceptable and probable, herdescription of means is not. ... Read more

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why people really choose private school
Exposes the myth of private school superiority, demonstrating that the choice of private school is usually the result of ignorance and bigotry. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Bulletin Pub. Co. in 1911 in 65 pages; Subjects: Educational law and legislation; School law; Law / Educational Law ... Read more

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The conflict surrounding the decentralization ofschool governance in the U.S. has resulted fromwidespread discontent with educational outcomes andfrustration with government-professional bureaucracy.Under attack are closed, professional decision makingby government bureaucracy, disempowerment of localstakeholders and low student achievement levels.As the most highly centralized educational system inthe U.S., Hawai'i attempted to change the structureof governance from a highly centralized to shareddecision-making model with the passage of Act 51(HRS, 2004) and charter school legislation (Act 272,SLH, 1994). This legislation attempted to generatechanges in beliefs and cultural paradigms at theschool level in spite of a number of studiesindicating the difficulty in implementing reformsthat increase democratic decision making in a statewhere structures for grass-roots politicalparticipation are lacking.This work consists of a historical review ofHawai'i's experience with educationaldecentralization, and attempts to discern how therhetoric of school governance change at the systemiclevel translates into changes in practices at localschool levels. ... Read more

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A birds-eye view of Hawaii's school system
This book offers a historical view and case studies of Hawaii legislation that purports to decentralize school governance to achieve a more democratic educational system. Interestingly, Hawaii's educational system has not been based on democratic underpinnings, but instead has remained highly centralized since the 1800s. School case studies on two public schools reveal that school policies are mainly shaped by the principal. The case study of a charter school is an example of democracy in action, from an activist school board to teachers who participate in determining school policies at various levels. Interesingly, the majority of charter school players were from parts of the country with activist school boards. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Publication date: 1911; ... Read more

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This innovative new series is a high-interest, cross-curricular read. It offers a visually stunning guide to the music of the world, supporting music, geography, history, and cultural study areas. 'Music boxes' offer explanations of technical words and musical phrasing to aid comprehension. These books include music from a huge range of regions, and peoples, and 'Fascinating facts' boxes contain striking information about famous musicians and composers. ... Read more

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Beautiful book
This is a great resource for children and adults. The author covers different Pacific cultures (New Guinea, Hawaii, etc) and describes their unique contributions to world music. The text and book design (an ocean-blue motif that perfectly complements the subject) are both outstanding. ... Read more

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Teenage ninja girl Yumei has gotten used to surviving havoc in Hawaii.On a daily basis she has to cope with a blind ninga samurai, an overly talkative bully, an overbearing, buxom wrestler and the daughter of a Norse god.Ex-bully Michael finally works up the nerve to ask Yumei to the prom, but on the porch of her house, he sees ninja-samurai Yoji being stabbed with a poisoned knife!The assailant demands that Yumei come face her in Kyoto within two days, or Yoji dies!It all comes to a thunderous conclusion for the entire cast in the final volume of NHS: Hawaii! ... Read more

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Teenage ninja girl Yumei has gotten used to surviving havoc in Hawaii. On a daily basis, she is assaulted by a blind ninja samurai, an overly talkative bully and an obnoxious, buxom wrestler. And she has boyfriend who might just be the son of a Norse god. After a raid on a clandestine facility full of soulless clones of a classmate, Yumei has to be saved from the cloners' vengeance. Then her friend Junzo falls for a merman, Yumei ends up on a "date" with her would-be assassin Yoji, Janitor Li reveals his tragic back-story and goody-goody Yoshiko has to deal with her evil twin! ... Read more