| Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 Contributor(s): Chang, Gordon H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804736537 ISBN-13: 9780804736534 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: " Yamato Ichihashi, a distinguished Stanford University professor, experienced, observed, and wrote about internment life . . . and his incomparably rich account far surpasses all previous internee accounts." -- Yuji Ichioka, University of California, Los Angeles " This fascinating account . . . is a particularly important source, because of the paucity of contemporary accounts. Chang' s sympathetic biographical essay on this enigmatic figure provides an enthralling insight into relations between Japan and the United States in the first half of this century." -- Times Literary Supplement |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1210 |
| Series: Asian America |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.17" W x 9.18" (1.76 lbs) 584 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents both a biography of a Stanford University professor, one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States, and, through Ichihashi's wartime writings, the only known comprehensive first-person account of life in U.S. "relocation centers" for persons of Japanese ancestry. |