| Storied Lives: Japanese American Students and World War II Contributor(s): Okihiro, Gary Y. (Author), Ito, Leslie A. (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0295977965 ISBN-13: 9780295977966 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 940.530 |
| LCCN: 98-51100 |
| Series: Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.53" W x 8.51" (0.55 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |