Valerie J. Matsumoto is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the UNiversity of California, Los Angeles.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. The Social World of the Urban Nisei ; 2. Shaping Japanese American Culture ; 3. Sounding the Dawn Bell: Developing Nisei Voices ; 4. Nisei Women's Roles in Family and Community during World War II ; 5. Reweaving the Web of Community in Postwar Southern California, 1945-1950 ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

City girls indeed! A determined, spunky, hard-working, fun-loving group of women who endure hardship but also just wanted to have fun. Valerie Matsumoto brings their lively world to life through vivid and sympathetic prose. The Nisei women were simultaneously so American and so non-American, familiar and surprising. A wonderful recovery of history!

Valerie J. Matsumoto is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the UNiversity of California, Los Angeles.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. The Social World of the Urban Nisei ; 2. Shaping Japanese American Culture ; 3. Sounding the Dawn Bell: Developing Nisei Voices ; 4. Nisei Women's Roles in Family and Community during World War II ; 5. Reweaving the Web of Community in Postwar Southern California, 1945-1950 ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

City girls indeed! A determined, spunky, hard-working, fun-loving group of women who endure hardship but also just wanted to have fun. Valerie Matsumoto brings their lively world to life through vivid and sympathetic prose. The Nisei women were simultaneously so American and so non-American, familiar and surprising. A wonderful recovery of history!

Valerie J. Matsumoto is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the UNiversity of California, Los Angeles.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. The Social World of the Urban Nisei ; 2. Shaping Japanese American Culture ; 3. Sounding the Dawn Bell: Developing Nisei Voices ; 4. Nisei Women's Roles in Family and Community during World War II ; 5. Reweaving the Web of Community in Postwar Southern California, 1945-1950 ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

City girls indeed! A determined, spunky, hard-working, fun-loving group of women who endure hardship but also just wanted to have fun. Valerie Matsumoto brings their lively world to life through vivid and sympathetic prose. The Nisei women were simultaneously so American and so non-American, familiar and surprising. A wonderful recovery of history!