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Picture bride, war bride: the role of marriage in shaping Japanese America By Sonia C. Gomez. New York University Press, 2024. 200 pages. Hardcover, $35.00 USD, ISBN: 9781479803071. Ebook, $35.00, ISBN: 9781479803095.

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Picture bride, war bride: the role of marriage in shaping Japanese America By Sonia C. Gomez. New York University Press, 2024. 200 pages. Hardcover, $35.00 USD, ISBN: 9781479803071. Ebook, $35.00, ISBN: 9781479803095.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2025

Maria Cynthia Barriga*
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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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