No. 30 (2007) 
Page/Contents
30th Anniversary Feature: Reviewing the State of American Historical Studies in Japan
1 Introduction 
2 Yoko SHIRAI…American Exceptionalism and Historical Perspectives in American Studies 
12	Hirofumi NAKANO…The Place of American Historical Studies in Europe
22	Toru UMEZAKI…Reassessing the Problematik and Agendas of
the Society of American Historical 	Studies (Amerikashi Kenkyukai) in Its Early Years
Feature: Transnational History Reconsidered: 
Possibilities and Challenges of History beyond National Borders 
35 Miya SHICHINOHE SUGA…Transnational History on Mobility of People: 
Recent Publications in Japan 
47 Eiichiro AZUMA…Transnational Asian American History: 
The Possibilities of an “Inter-National” Paradigm 
64 Yukari TAKAI… Doing Transnational History at a Canada-U.S. Borderland: 
Japanese Remigrants and the Rise of the Border
82 Tetsushi FURUKAWA…African American Relations with Japan and/or East Asia: 
Toward a Transnationalization of African American History 
93 Recent Ph.D. Dissertations by Members 
97 From the Editorial Board 	
Notes:
98 	Activities of the Japanese Association for American History 
98	Report of the Third Annual Meeting of the JAAH
106 Report of the Regular Meetings
109 Financial Reports of the Japanese Association for American History 
110 The Rules of the Japanese Association for American History
111 Membership Application 
112 Guidelines for Submission 
113 Abstracts