United States - World War II - Homefront, Racial Discrimination, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, 20th Century American History - World War II, 20th Century American History - Social Aspects - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
During World War II over 5,500 young Japanese Americans left the concentration camps to which they had been confined with their families in order to attend college. Storied Lives describes - often in their own words - how nisei students found schools to attend outside the West Coast exclusion zone and the efforts of white Americans to help them. The book is concerned with the deeds of white and Japanese Americans in a mutual struggle against racism, and argues that Asian American studies - indeed, race relations as a whole - will benefit from an understanding not only of racism but also of its opposition, antiracism. To uncover this little known story, Gary Okihiro surveyed the colleges and universities the nisei attended, collected oral histories from nisei students and student relocation staff members, and examined the records of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council and other materials.Editorials
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Recounts the little known story of over 5,500 young Japanese Americans who left the concentration camps where their families were confined to attend college outside the west coast exclusion zone. Focuses on the help they received from other Americans, both Japanese and not, and on their experiences as nisei students in wartime America. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)Book Details
Published
April 29, 1999
Publisher
Seattle ; University of Washington Press, c1999.
Pages
182
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780295977645