Duus, Masayo Umezawa - The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (1999). orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xi,375 pp, PAPERBACK. Translated by Beth Cary and adapted by Peter Duus.. Minor rubbing. An ink mark to top page-edge. VG. ¶ In early 1920 in Hawaii, Japanese sugar-cane workers, faced with spiralling living expenses, defiantly struck for a wage increase to $1.25 per day. The event shook the traditional power structure in Hawaii and, as this volume demonstrates, had consequences reaching up to the eve of World War II" - Publisher's description. USD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 | £UK 20.75 | JP¥ 3979] Book number BOOKS016833Iis offered by:
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