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