Editors
Presidents and Officers
1. Editor’s Introduction
5. Hideyo Naganuma, Reexamining the “American Century”
25. Hiroshi Matsushita, The First Integrated Wave of Regionalism and Democratization in the Americas: A Comparison of NAFTA and MERCOSUR
49. Hiroshi Matsuoka, Cold War Perspectives on U.S. Commitment in Vietnam
71. Naoko Sugiyama, Postmodern Motherhood and Ethnicity: Maternal Discourse in Late Twentieth-Century American Literature
91. Misako Koike, Challenges and Hopes for American Theatre in the Twenty-first Century
109. Yujin Yaguchi, Remembering a More Layered Past in Hokkaido: Americans, Japanese, and the Ainu
129. Gayle Sato, (Self) Indulgent Listening: Reading Cultural Difference in Yokohama, California
147. Chitose Sato, Gender and Work in the American Aircraft Industry during World War II
173. Masami Usui, Creating a Feminist Transnational Drama: Oyako-Shinju (Parent-Child Suicide) in Velina Hasu Houston’s Kokoro (True Heart)
199. Atsushi Kusano, The Political Influence of Homosexuals in the United States: Their Pattern of Action and Sources of Power
219. English-Language Works by JAAS Members (1998)
229. Contributors