Japanese-Americans Marriages During WWII in Los Angeles County, Published in 1945

Leonard Bloom Ruth Riemer Carol Creedon

First Edition

[Japanese-American] [Los Angeles] Bloom, Leonard, Ruth Riemer, and Carol Creedon. Marriages of Japanese-Americans in Los Angeles County: A Statistical Study. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1945. First edition. University of California Publications in Culture and Society, Volume 1, No. 1. Printed wrappers. 24 pages. 8vo.

Published at the close of World War II, this pioneering sociological study examines patterns of Japanese American marriage in Los Angeles County during the critical years surrounding internment. Drawing on county marriage records between 1937 and 1942, the authors present detailed statistical data on seasonal trends, age at marriage, and shifts before and after the U.S. entered the war. Tables and graphs illustrate dramatic changes, such as a pronounced spike in marriages immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war in December 1941. Many tables and figures are illustrated in this analysis. The study notes that between May 1937 and April 1942, Japanese Americans registered 1,389 marriages in Los Angeles County, but that “the peak number of 72 marriages in March 1942 occurred just prior to the mass evacuation of the Japanese population”. The authors situate these findings within broader frameworks of social disruption, cultural cohesion, and state intervention, highlighting how marriage became a means of stability and urgency in the face of forced relocation.

Ex-library with stamps from the University of California School of Public Health, otherwise clean and well-preserved in its original wrappers. Overall very good condition. A scarce and institutionally significant publication documenting Japanese American life and resilience in Los Angeles during internment-era upheaval, offering invaluable quantitative evidence for historians of race, immigration, and wartime civil liberties.

Item #22605

Price: $225.00