[Review of Vocational Aptitudes of Second Generation Japanese in the United States

Abstract

Reviews the books, Vocational Aptitudes of Second Generation Japanese in the United States by Edward K. Strong, Jr., with collaborators (1933); and Japanese in California also by Edward K. Strong, Jr. (1933). These two monographs are part of a series of four works dealing with the general problem of the Japanese in California. These reports of a many sided study of the Japanese, planned and carried out under the direction of Dr. Strong, will give necessary basic sociological, political, economic and psychological data for attempts at the resolution of an important problem of the western states. The first volume under review is really misnamed. The title reflects Dr. Strong's professional interest more than it does the contents of the book. In the second volume of the series are presented for the first time basic statistical data on the social position of the Japanese in California. "The evidence in this study is that the first generation have progressed satisfactorily. In fact the complaint has been that they were altogether too successful." There is no doubt that these studies are important contributions not only to a local race problem, but also to scientific study of the psychology and sociology of race differences. Dr. Strong is to be commended on having brought to a successful conclusion a task which, observed only in the final product, is so stupendous as to be appalling. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)