CULTURAL TRAVELOGUE INDEX:
- 90 Days in Cambodia by Marcel Stoessel [original: page 1]
Angkor, Bou Sra, Kompong Som, Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot, Kratie, Mondulkiri, Pailin, Phnom Penh, Rattanakiri, Siem Reap, Stung Treng, Tuol Sleng and Virochey National Park
- Zhongguo, the Middle Kingdom (China) [original: page 1]
Beijing, Chang Jiang, Nanjing, Qufu, Shanghai, Tai'an, the Great Wall, Yangzhou and Zhengjiang
- The Clock Ticks to 1997 (Hong Kong) [original: page 1]
Before the 1997 return to China.
- Sojourn to Indonesia, the Land of Smiles [original: page 1]
Bali, Bandung, batik, Borobudur, Chinese-Indonesians, Cirebon, Islam, politics, Solo and Yogyakarta
- Notes from a Tokyo Travel Journal [original: page 1]
Kamakura, Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo
- Notes from a Japan Travel Journal [original: page 1]
Kamakura, Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo
- Kota Bharu, Malaysia [original: page 1]
Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Bharu, Melaka, Muar, SINGAPORE and Tumpat
- Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore [original: page 1]
Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Bharu, Melaka, Muar, SINGAPORE and Tumpat
- Myanmar, Beauty Caught in the Past [original: page 1]
Bagan, hilltribes, Inle Lake, Mandalay, Pindaya, Taunggi and Yangon
- Hanguk, The Hermit Kingdom (South Korea) [original: page 1]
Andong, Gyongju and Seoul
- A Visit to the Home of Kambal Tuko, P.I. (The Philippines) [original: page 1]
Manila, Los Baņos and Mindoro
- Notes from a Travel Journal of Thailand [original: page 1]
Bangkok, Mae Sot, Sungai Kolok and a water market
- Notes from a Travel Journal of Northern Thailand [original: page 1]
Chiang Mai, Doi Pui and hilltribes
- Frenzied Outdoor Life of a Nation in Search of Prosperity (Vietnam)
[original: page 1]Halong Bay, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Perfume Pagoda
- Travels in the European Union and Prague [original: page 1]
Officially removed from the Cultural Bridge site for the simple reason that this group of pages do not serve very well to elucidate the myriad cultures of the places mentioned. It is placed here more as an impression piece with less emphasis on cultural understanding than other sections of the site. Includes: Athens, Brindisi, Rome, Florence, Madrid, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Munich, Salzburg, Strassbourg, Amsterdam, Paris, London and several locations in Ireland |
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE INDEX:
- Perspective of a Young Japanese Woman [original: page 1]
Stories, cultural anecdotes, and beliefs of modern Japanese people by Sayaka (not her real name), a twenty year old college student from Japan.
- Growing Up Nisei in Japan During WWII [original: page 1]
This is the story of two Japanese-American sisters whose father had emigrated to the United States at the turn of the century.
- Nisei, Japanese-American in the 20th Cent. [original: page 1]
Jimmy Makino´s story is fascinating not for one specific experience, detail, or event, but because through him, his family, friends and the communities he has been part of, his story captures the panorama of the Japanese-American experience in the 20th Century: picture brides, truck farms, internment camps, kibei, no-no boys, the 442nd, citizenship for the Issei, and restitution for the internees.
- Life During the Japanese Occupation of P.I. [original: page 1]
Aling Leonie, daughter of a member of the USAFFE stationed at Fort William McKinley, recounts her escape to Los Baņos and her life there during the Japanese Occupation in World War II.
- Childhood Memories of the Pacific War [original: page 1]
An eyewitness account of the two most significant events occurring in the Philippines during World War II.
- The 14th Engineers [original: page 1]
- Hur en Svensk ser Amerika [original: page 1]
How a Swede Sees America: conversations with Anna Anderssen (a pseudonym), a Swedish woman studying in the United States. As with any interview of one person from a different culture than your own it is important to remember that one individual´s views may contradict another in extreme ways and as such her thoughts cannot be construed as a definitive explanation of Swedish society.
- Odyssey of the Boat People [original: page 1]
Conversations with Tran Chi Cuong, a Vietnamese born and raised ethnic Chinese man whose grandfather emigrated from the Pear River in China around 1929. Cuong relates the stories of three generations of ´boat people´ who share the experiences of those Nanyang Huaquiao, or overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia, referred to as the ´boat people´. |
A Guide: Japanese-Americans in the 20th Century A small collection of articles; debates; laws, agreements and rulings; and the historical record and statistics
- Issei, Nisei, Kibei; The U.S. has put 110,000 people of Japanese blood in "protective custody" [original: page 1]
from the Gila News-Courier, originally from Fortune magazine, April 1944
- "Statement of United States Citizenship of Japanese Ancestry"
(Loyalty Questionnaire) [original]Selective Service Form 304A
- From the Gentlemen's Agreement to Internment: Debunking Anti-Japanese Rhetoric [original]
Two selections: (1) from The Real Japanese California by Jean Pajus, James J. Gillick Co., Inc., Berkeley, CA, 1937; and (2) from Years of Infamy by Michi Nishiura Weglyn, University of Washington Press, 1996, p. 38-39
- Comment on California's Attitude By Eastern Investigators by by Edward Hunderford [original]
from Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1913
- Japan in California by Peter Clark [original]
from Collier's, June 7, 1913
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