From Okinawa to the Americas
Subtitle: Hana Yamagawa and her reminiscences of a century
By: edited by Akiko Yamagawa Hibbett
Contributors: Hibbett, Akiko Yamagawa
Series: Intersections
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780824834005; 9780824835514
Subjects: Ryukyuans; Biography
Description: First-hand account of the life of a female Okinawan immigrant in the New World. It spans nearly a centure from Hana Kaneshi's early life in a small viallage to a sugar plantation in Peru and its capital, Lima; to her dangerous trek through Mexico and the California desert to enter the U.S. and start a new life, this time in the Imperial Valley.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.