| Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress Contributor(s): Maki, Mitchell T. (Author), Kitano, Harry H. (Author), Berthold, S. Megan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252067649 ISBN-13: 9780252067648 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Nearly fifty years after being incarcerated by their own government, Japanese American concentration camp survivors succeeded in obtaining redress for the personal humiliation, family dislocation, and economic ruin caused by their ordeal. An inspiring story of wrongs made right as well as a practical guide to getting legislation through Congress, Achieving the Impossible Dream tells how members of this politically inexperienced minority group organized themselves at the grass-roots level, gathered political support, and succeeded in obtaining a written apology from the president of the United States and monetary compensation in accordance with the provisions of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Military - World War Ii - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 940.530 |
| LCCN: 98-58016 |
| Series: Asian American Experience (University of Illinois) |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.05" W x 9.02" (1.23 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nearly fifty years after being incarcerated by their own government, Japanese American concentration camp survivors succeeded in obtaining redress for the personal humiliation, family dislocation, and economic ruin caused by their ordeal. An inspiring story of wrongs made right as well as a practical guide to getting legislation through Congress, Achieving the Impossible Dream tells how members of this politically inexperienced minority group organized themselves at the grass-roots level, gathered political support, and succeeded in obtaining a written apology from the president of the United States and monetary compensation in accordance with the provisions of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. |