1. The Issei: In Search for Autonomy -- 2. Religious and Social Communities: The Importance of Ethnic Solidary -- 3. The Nisei Experience -- 4. World War II -- 5. Rebuilding Social and Religious Communities: The Aftermath of the War.This book studies the Japanese-American coffee farmers in Kona, Hawaii. Specifically, it sheds light on the role of first and second generation immigrants in the em…