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Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back
By Nimura, Janice P.
- ISBN
- 9780393077995 9780393248241
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on March 15, 2015 | Social Sciences
Independent scholar Nimura has written an exquisite collective biography of the five Japanese girls who were sent to the United States at the end of the 19th century during Japan's Meiji period (1868–1912), as the country tried to prepare citizens to cope with—and catch up to, they felt—the modern West. While two of the girls returned home shortly after arriving in America, the other three were able to stay in the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
