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<p>In 1922 the U.S. Supreme Court declared Japanese immigrants ineligible for American citizenship because they were not "white," dismissing the plaintiff’s appeal to skin tone. Unable to claim whiteness through naturalization laws, Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i developed their own racial currency to secure a prominent place in the Island’s postwar social hierarchy. <i>Creating the Nisei Market</i> explores how different groups within Japanese American society (in particular the press and mercha

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Author

Imai, Shiho

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824870232

Category

social science

Subjects

Economics, Science, History

Updated

2026-03-25