Japanese Schools in Hawaii

[History of Japanese Language Education in Hawaii] Hawai nihongo kyoikushi

Hawai Kyoikukai Shuppanbu

Publication: Honolulu: Hawai Kyoikukai Shuppanbu, 1937. First Edition.

Notes: "A history of the Hawaii Education Association and its central role in Japanese language education. Includes a detailed discussion of the Hawaii Territorial Government's efforts to regulate foreign language schools in the 1920s, and concludes with brief histories of the association's branches."—A Buried Past, 471.

"Encyclopaedic review covering the period 1896–1937. Contents: achievements of the first Hawai Kyoiku-kai [Japanese Educational Association], 1915–1926; Japanese language school test case, 1922–1927; activities of the new Hawai Kyoiku-kai, 1927–1937; description of the association; and the current status of Japanese language education."—Matsuda, The Japanese in Hawaii (1975), no. 114.

"Comprehensively covers all aspects of Japanese language education in Hawaii including reactions to it from the general Hawaii society."—JANM Bibliography, 56.

In the 1920s, the Hawaiian legislature began to pass laws aimed at restricting foreign-language schools on the islands. In practice, these laws were aimed at Japanese- and Chinese-language schools. The laws divided the Japanese community, with some school leaders working with the legislature to draft acceptable restrictions and others (most schools) opposing them as discriminatory as the regulations did not apply to English-language private schools. A lawsuit reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927. The high court ruled that enacting legislation that discriminated based on language was unconstitutional. This book was one of several published in 1937 that commemorated the tenth anniversary of the court victory. (In 1943, the legislature again passed anti-foreign language school regulations, which were overturned in the 1950s).

4, 5, 2, 702 pages plus 16 pages of halftone plates.

OCLC: 33612223, 674969853

Edition + Condition: First edition. A fine copy in green cloth. In a near fine publisher's slipcase. A nice copy.

Item No: #361078

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