SOC218H1 Lecture Notes - Stevenston, Issei, Canada Women'S National Soccer Team
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No japan town in canada (ie in toronto) Pre- war japanese community those who attempted to leave japan (from kyoto to tokyo) 1637 -> 1868 tokugawa shogunate(this family controlled japan) - death sentence of. Also did not allow the foreigners to enter japan prepared for this long trip) Some were unfortunate souls made it to north american soil (they were not. There were a lot of ships that were recorded on the coast of north america. 1867 - meiji restoration - modernization and encouraged students to study abroad. 180 000 japanese entered hawaii within next 23 years. Moved to the us, canada, australia, south america (peru and brazil) 1877 - manzo nagano - 19 year old sailor arrived new west minster, bc. Generally migration was modest until mid 1890. 1897-1901 - first wave of migration - more than 15000 arrived. Went to us , 1901 - less than 5 000 remained. 1905-1907 - next waive 12 000 arrived.
