Book
Post-war Okinawa
National Research Council, Pacific Science Board • Washington D.C. • Published In 1955 • Pages: 8, 232
By: Pitts, F. R., Lebra, William P., Suttles, Wayne P..
Abstract
This is a post-World War II description of Okinawan culture. It was prepared by two ethnologists and a geographer under the auspices of the Pacific Science Board of the National Academy of Science. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of the American military occupation on Okinawan culture. In order to document that impact, pre- and post-war culture patterns were compared. The authors discuss social organization, political organization, religion, economic activities, diet, land use and tenure, population trends and health, and sanitary habits. In addition, they evaluate Okinawan-American relations and provide recommendations for improving relations and for stabilizing the Okinawan economy. The study was based on nine months of field research.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Geographer
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; 1975
- Field Date
- 1953-1954
- Coverage Date
- 1940s -1954
- Coverage Place
- Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- Notes
- [by] F.R. Pitts, William P. Lebra, and Wayne P. Suttles
- LCSH
- Okinawa