Daniel H. Inouye

Daniel H. Inouye is a New York State Board of Regents-certified public historian and published author who specializes in writing interpretive narrative history for both academic and general audiences. His general field is post-1865 American history. He earned his Ph.D. in history from New York University and his J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law. He has taught undergraduate history courses at New York University, Columbia University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Empire State College of the State University of New York.

Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s

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Prof. Daniel H. Inouye will discuss his book, Distant Islands (University Press of Colorado, 2018), a modern narrative history of the Japanese American community in New York City between America’s centennial year and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Often overshadowed in historical literature by the Japanese diaspora on the West Coast, this community, which … Read more