This depiction of a Japanese-owned abalone boat working at Point Lobos is one of many rare photographs published for the first time in this book.

The first-ever regional treatment of the Japanese immigrants in the Monterey Bay Region. The book begins with the earliest Japanese immigration into the region in the 1880s, and continues through the 1980s. The book has a unique chapter comparing the immigrant experience of the Japanese and their predecessors in the region, the Chinese. The book also has an extensive appendix that outlines the federal immigration laws affecting not only the Japanese, but also all immigrants to the United States.

The Author
Sandy Lydon is Historian Emeritus at Cabrillo College, Aptos, where he taught for 32 years. The recipient of numerous awards for his teaching, in August 2001 he was awarded the Floyd Younger Award for Teaching Excellence, an honor awarded by the faculty, staff and students of the college. He also received the 2001 Best College Teacher in Santa Cruz County Award, an honor given him in a county-wide ballot by the readers of the Good Times weekly newspaper. Lydon has written extensively on the Japanese in the region, including writing the JACL chapter histories for both the San Benito County Japanese American Citizen's League, and the Watsonville chapter. He is a member of the Watsonville JACL and the recipient of the JACL Creed Award for his work on redress. A recent article, "Japanese Whaling at Point Lobos" was published by the Maritime Museum of San Diego in their magazine, Mains'l Haul, Vol. 37, Winter 2001.
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