＜論説＞「繁栄の１０年」と合衆国北西部日本人社会 -『大北日報』の記事と論説に基づく概観-
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The ninnteen−twenties of the United States is known as the "Prosperity Decade" or the "New Era". The people enjoyed the prosperity and the bigininng of the era of the high mass consumption. For the Japanese immigrants in the Pacific Northwest, on the other hand, the ninteteen−twenties was the decade on the cross.Anti−Japanese movement by racists, especially the Anti−Japanese Land Act of Washington State, anoyed themvery much.However, they also were affected by the economic and social changes of the United States in those days.Though many Japanese businessmen in Seattle lamented that they were living through hard times, the economicsituation of the Japanese people in the Pacific Northwest, in general, improved in the 1920’s. The possessionand use of automobiles became common among the Japanese families as well as among Caucaisians accordingto the articles on the Taihoku Nippo, the Great Northern Daily News, published in Seattle in thoseday, though itseems that the expenses for the automobiles placed burdens on the household economies of many Japanese families.
- 2008-12-10