No. 28 (2005) 
Page/Contents
1 Founding of the Japanese Association for American History
The New World of Trans-Atlantic Ocean: 
3 Introduction 
5 Hitoshi TAKAHASHI… Tannenbaum-Elkins Thesis Reconsidered
23 Kazuteru OMORI… Chasing the Shadow of America: 
        African Americans’ Quest for American Nationality 
        in the Late-Nineteenth-Century United States and Liberia 
38	Masako Sasamoto NAKAMURA… Trans-Atlantic World 
        and Self-Formation of W.E.B. DuBois: 
        From Great Barrington to Berlin 
58 	Katsuyuki MURATA… “We, Blacks” Articulated through Difference:
        Theoretical Perspectives of the African Diaspora 
Articles:
76	Kozue YASUDA… PR Strategy for Female Smokers: 
        Edward L. Bernays’ Attempt at Building 	Democratic Consumerism
92	Hiroshi TAKEI… Trumbull Park Homes Disturbances and 
        “Communal Violence” 
111 Recent Ph.D. Dissertations by Members 
Notes
113 Activities of the Society of American Historical Studies 
117 Activities of the Japanese Association for American History 
117 Report of the First Annual Meeting of the JAAH
124 Report of the Regular Meetings
129 Financial Reports of the Japanese Association for American History 
131 The Rules of the Japanese Association for American History
134 Membership Application 
135 Guidelines for Submission 
136 Abstracts