Author : Bill Hosokawa
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0688000134
Nisei
Bill Hosokawa
Nisei The Quiet Americans
Nisei The Quiet Americans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Nisei The Quiet Americans book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Nisei: the Quiet Americans
Bill Hosokawa
Author : Bill Hosokawa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Japanese Americans
ISBN : OCLC:1299337818
Nisei: the Quiet Americans by Bill Hosokawa Pdf
Nisei: the Quiet Americans
Bill Hosokawa
Author : Bill Hosokawa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Japanese Americans
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003901878
Nisei: the Quiet Americans by Bill Hosokawa Pdf
Nisei
Bill Hosokawa
Author : Bill Hosokawa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054406429
Nisei by Bill Hosokawa Pdf
Hailed at the time of its publication in 1969, Bill Hosokawa's Nisei remains an inspiring account of the original Japanese immigrants and their role in the development of the West. Hosokawa recounts the ordeals faced by the immigrant generation and their American-born offspring, the Nisei; the ill-advised government decisions that led to their uprooting during World War II; how they withstood harsh camp life; and their courageous efforts to prove their loyalty to the United States. As Hosokawa additionally demonstrates, since World War II, Japanese Americans have achieved exceptional social, economic, and political progress. Their efforts led to apologies by four U.S. presidents for wartime injustices and redress through the landmark Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Brought up-to-date in this newly revised edition, Nisei details the transformation of these "quiet Americans" from despised security risks to respected citizens.
Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress
Alice Yang Murray
Author : Alice Yang Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073863220
Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress by Alice Yang Murray Pdf
This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988.
Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound)
James C. McNaughton
Author : James C. McNaughton
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Japanese Americans
ISBN : 0160867053
Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound) by James C. McNaughton Pdf
"This book tells the story of an unusual group of American soldiers in World War II, second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served as interpreters and translators in the Military Intelligence Service."--Preface.
Asian Americans and Politics
Gordon H. Chang
Author : Gordon H. Chang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804742014
Asian Americans and Politics by Gordon H. Chang Pdf
This volume is the first to take a broad-ranging look at the engagement of Asian Americans with American politics. Its contributors come from a variety of disciplines—history, political science, sociology, and urban studies—and from the practical political realm.
The Human Tradition in America
Charles W. Calhoun
Author : Charles W. Calhoun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0842051295
The Human Tradition in America by Charles W. Calhoun Pdf
Calhoun (history, East Carolina U., Greenville) offers a reader of 19 biographical essays from a series surveying modern US history from the perspective of a diversity of citizens: e.g. a former slave, interned Japanese immigrants, and champions of various causes. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Por
The Color of Success
Ellen D. Wu
Author : Ellen D. Wu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691168029
The Color of Success by Ellen D. Wu Pdf
The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that the failure of America to live in accordance with its democratic ideals endangered the country's aspirations to world leadership. Weaving together myriad perspectives, Wu provides an unprecedented view of racial reform and the contradictions of national belonging in the civil rights era. She highlights the contests for power and authority within Japanese and Chinese America alongside the designs of those external to these populations, including government officials, social scientists, journalists, and others. And she demonstrates that the invention of the model minority took place in multiple arenas, such as battles over zoot suiters leaving wartime internment camps, the juvenile delinquency panic of the 1950s, Hawaii statehood, and the African American freedom movement. Together, these illuminate the impact of foreign relations on the domestic racial order and how the nation accepted Asians as legitimate citizens while continuing to perceive them as indelible outsiders. By charting the emergence of the model minority stereotype, The Color of Success reveals that this far-reaching, politically charged process continues to have profound implications for how Americans understand race, opportunity, and nationhood.
Breaking the Silence
Yasuko I. Takezawa
Author : Yasuko I. Takezawa
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501720215
Breaking the Silence by Yasuko I. Takezawa Pdf
This book is a unique interpretation of how wartime internment and the movement for redress affected Japanese Americans. Yasuko I. Takezawa, a Japanese national who has lived in the Japanese American community as well as in the larger American society, has a distinctive vantage point from which to assess the changing meaning of being a Japanese American. Takezawa focuses on the impact of two critical incidents in Japanese American history—the wartime evacuation and internment of more than a hundred thousand individuals and the redress campaign that resulted in an official apology and reparation payments from the U.S. government. Her book is a moving account filled with personal stories—both painful and joyous—told to her by Nisei and Sansei (second- and third-generation) interviewees in Seattle. Covering the period before, during, and after World War II, Takezawa captures the internal struggles of the Japanese American community in seeking redress. She shows how its members have handled identity crises caused by racial discrimination, evacuation and internment, and the long-prevalent American ideology of the melting pot. She is particularly skillful in comparing the differences between the generations as they sorted out their experiences and reconfirmed their ethnic identity through the redress movement.
Japanese America on the Eve of the Pacific War
Kaoru Ueda,Eiichiro Azuma
Author : Kaoru Ueda,Eiichiro Azuma
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817926069
Japanese America on the Eve of the Pacific War by Kaoru Ueda,Eiichiro Azuma Pdf
The era sandwiched between the 1924 US Immigration Act and the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor marks an important yet largely buried period of Japanese American history. This book offers the first English translation of Yasuo Sakata's seminal essay arguing that the 1930s constitutes a chronological and conceptual "missing link" between two predominant research interests: the pre-1924 immigration exclusion and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The anthology pays tribute to Sakata's role as a foremost historian of early Japanese America and transpacific migration while providing an opportunity for a younger generation of scholars to reflect on his contributions and carve out a new area of research in Japanese American history. Original and translated essays from scholars of varied backgrounds and generations explore topics from diplomacy, geopolitics, and trade to immigrant and ethnic nationalism, education, and citizenship. Together, they attempt to catalyze further research and writing based on the thorough and careful analysis of primary-source materials, an effort that Sakata spearheaded in both the United States and Japan.
Distinguished Asian Americans
Chung H. Chuong,Dorothy Cordova,Robert H. Hyung Chan Kim,Steve Fugita,Franklin Ng,Jane Singh
Author : Chung H. Chuong,Dorothy Cordova,Robert H. Hyung Chan Kim,Steve Fugita,Franklin Ng,Jane Singh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313000409
Distinguished Asian Americans by Chung H. Chuong,Dorothy Cordova,Robert H. Hyung Chan Kim,Steve Fugita,Franklin Ng,Jane Singh Pdf
Asian Americans have made significant contributions to American society. This reference work celebrates the contributions of 166 distinguished Asian Americans. Most people profiled are not featured in any other biographical collection of noted Asian Americans. The Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Korean Americans, South Asian Americans (from India and Pakistan), and Southeast Asian Americans (from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) profiled in this work represent more than 75 fields of endeavor. From historical figures to figure skater Michelle Kwan, this work features both prominent and less familiar individuals who have made significant contributions in their fields. A number of the contemporary subjects have given exclusive interviews for this work. All biographies have been written by experts in their ethnic fields. Those profiled range widely from distinguished scientists and Nobel Prize winners to sports stars, from actors to activists, from politicians to business leaders, from artists to literary luminaries. All are role models for young men and women, and many have overcome difficult odds to succeed. These colorfully written, substantive biographies detail their subjects' goals, struggles, and commitments to success and to their ethnic communities. More than 40 portraits accompany the biographies and each biography concludes with a list of suggested reading for further research. Appendices organizing the biographies by ethnic group and profession make searching easy. This is the most current biographical dictionary on Asian Americans and is ideal for student research.
Japanese Americans
Paul R. Spickard
Author : Paul R. Spickard
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813544335
Japanese Americans by Paul R. Spickard Pdf
Since 1855, nearly half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, and today more than twice that number claim Japanese ancestry. While these immigrants worked hard, established networks, and repeatedly distinguished themselves as entrepreneurs, they also encountered harsh discrimination. Nowhere was this more evident than on the West Coast during World War II, when virtually the entire population of Japanese Americans was forced into internment camps solely on the basis of ethnicity.
The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma
Emily Roxworthy
Author : Emily Roxworthy
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824832209
The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma by Emily Roxworthy Pdf
In The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma, Emily Roxworthy contests the notion that the U.S. government’s internment policies during World War II had little impact on the postwar lives of most Japanese Americans. After the curtain was lowered on the war following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many Americans behaved as if the “theatre of war” had ended and life could return to normal. Roxworthy demonstrates that this theatrical logic of segregating the real from the staged, the authentic experience from the political display, grew out of the manner in which internment was agitated for and instituted by the U.S. government and media. During the war, Japanese Americans struggled to define themselves within the web of this theatrical logic, and they continue to reenact this trauma in public and private to this day. The political spectacles staged by the FBI and the American mass media were heir to a theatricalizing discourse that can be traced back to Commodore Matthew Perry’s “opening” of Japan in 1853. Westerners, particularly Americans, drew upon it to orientalize—disempower, demonize, and conquer—those of Japanese descent, who were characterized as natural-born actors who could not be trusted. Roxworthy provides the first detailed reconstruction of the FBI’s raids on Japanese American communities, which relied on this discourse to justify their highly choreographed searches, seizures, and arrests. Her book also makes clear how wartime newspapers (particularly those of the notoriously anti-Asian Hearst Press) melodramatically framed the evacuation and internment so as to discourage white Americans from sympathizing with their former neighbors of Japanese descent. Roxworthy juxtaposes her analysis of these political spectacles with the first inclusive look at cultural performances staged by issei and nisei (first- and second-generation Japanese Americans) at two of the most prominent “relocation centers”: California’s Manzanar and Tule Lake. The camp performances enlarge our understanding of the impulse to create art under oppressive conditions. Taken together, wartime political spectacles and the performative attempts at resistance by internees demonstrate the logic of racial performativity that underwrites American national identity. The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma details the complex formula by which racial performativity proved to be a force for both oppression and resistance during World War II.
When Can We Go Back to America?
Susan H. Kamei
Author : Susan H. Kamei
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 9781481401456
When Can We Go Back to America? by Susan H. Kamei Pdf
"An oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from the perspective of children and young people affected"--