@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00002497,
 author = {田島, 康弘 and Tajima, Yasuhiro},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {南太平洋研究, South Pacific Study},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper deals with the emigration of people from Amami to the U.S.A. and their life after
that, laying stress on the people of Onotsu village, Kikai Island. In the early twentieth century,
the Amami islands were in needy circumstances and each family had many children. Many
Amami people went to Osaka and, later, to Tokyo to work after graduating from primary school.
Many of them became factory workers in Osaka, but some became seamen, especially those from
Onotsu village. For the purpose of making money some of these seamen went to work in the U.S.A. where conditions were very good. About 70 to 80 of them were from Onotsu. Most of
those who went to the U.S.A. returned after saving some money, but some of them came back
penniless or were forced to return. While working in the U.S.A. about a fifth of them decided
to settle there after the war. Some of them succeeded in the restaurant or agricultural
businesses. In the middle of the 1920s emigrants had already formed a group and after the war,
residents formed the Onotsu group in the New York area and promoted mutual friendship. But
this group became inactive and changed from because of the advanced age of its members.
It seems that one factor of their strong mutual relation is the blood relationship of their group.},
 pages = {287--303},
 title = {奄美出身者のアメリカ移住 : 喜界島,小野津出身者を中心に},
 volume = {10},
 year = {1990},
 yomi = {タジマ, ヤスヒロ}
}