On the eve of the Pacific war (1941-45), there were 198,000 Japanese in Brazil, the largest expatriate body outside East Asia. Emphasising the success of Japanese migrants and the openness of Brazilian society, it challenges the perceived wisdom that contact between Japanese and other peoples was always marked by hostility and racism.
STEWART LONE is Associate Professor in East Asian and Imperial History at the Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales. He is the author of books on Japanese civil society's relations with the military, and on Japanese colonialism.
Acknowledgements Introduction Leaving: Japan's Entry into a World of Migration 1885-1905 Arriving: The Early Japanese in Brazil 1908-19 Settling: Migration as National Policy 1920s Expanding: The Japanese Community 1930-36 In Transit; A World of New Orders 1937-40 Conclusion Bibliography Index