| Minidoka National Historic Site Contributor(s): Wakatsuki, Hanako (Author), Russell, Mia (Author), Ash, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467129402 ISBN-13: 9781467129404 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | Military - World War Ii - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2018930860 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Geographic Orientation - Idaho |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the vast sagebrush desert of Southern Idaho, Minidoka War Relocation Center had a short-lived and painful existence. The wartime operation incarcerated over 13,000 American citizens and legal resident aliens of Japanese ancestry from August 1942 to Oct |
Contributor Bio(s): Wakatsuki, Hanako: - Hanako Wakatsuki is the chief of interpretation and education at Minidoka National Historic Site. Mia Russell is the executive director of the Friends of Minidoka, the nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Minidoka National Historic Site. Carol Ash was the chief of interpretation and education at Minidoka for six years. For this exploration of Minidoka's history, the authors selected photographs from the wartime record at the National Archives, repositories such as the Wing Luke Museum, Oregon Nikkei Endowment, Densho, and several family collections. |