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Japanese Society: Tradition, Self, and the Social Order

Traces differences in the view of relationships of individuals to one another and to society to historical traditions of Japan.

Japanese American Midwives: Culture, Community, and Health Politics, 1880-1950

In the late 19th Century, midwifery was transformed into a new woman's profession as part of Japan's modernizing quest for Empire. As immigrants to the US Japanese midwives, Sanba, served as cultural brokers as well as birth attendants for Issei…