An Ethnography of the Lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian Migrants: Childhood, Family, and Work - Paperback

by Ethel V. Kosminsky (Author), Arthur Sakamoto (Foreword by)

This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in S?o Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Ethel Kosminsky analyzes the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their families.

Author Biography

Ethel V. Kosminsky has her PhD in sociology from S?o Paulo University and is an independent researcher.