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Okinawa: The History of an Island People

Okinawa: The History of an Island People Paperback - 2000

by Kerr, George

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  • Title Okinawa: The History of an Island People
  • Author Kerr, George
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT
  • Date September 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004885776
  • ISBN 9780804820875 / 0804820872
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Okinawa-ken (Japan) - History, Ryukyu Islands
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00055232
  • Dewey Decimal Code 952.29

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At some remote time in the past, primitive men and women transported children, meager household gear, and simple weapons from continental Asia to the offshore islands lying on the edge of the great sea.

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About the author

George Kerr, a Far Eastern affairs specialist for more than sixty years, served a variety of roles for the U.S. government, taking assignments in Formosa, Korea, China, the Middle East, Okinawa, and Europe. He is the author of Formosa: Betrayed and Okinawa, Vol. 12 of the Ballantine Illustrated History of WWII, in addition to many articles in journals. After retiring from government service, he lived in Hawaii, where he continued to write and research until his death in 1992.

Mitsugu Sakihara is a professor and the president of Hawaii International College. Prior to assuming his duties at Hawaii International, he taught for many years at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he continues to teach an annual course on Okinawan history. Dr. Sakihara was a 1987-88 Fulbright professor to Japan, and he is the author of Brief History of Early Okinawa: Based on the Omoro Soshi and co-translator of The Status System and Social Organization of Satsuma.