The Unquiet Nisei

The Unquiet Nisei
Author: D. Bahr
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2007-12-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230609996

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An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees.


The Unquiet Nisei
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors: D. Bahr
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-09 - Publisher: Springer

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An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, t
Nisei Radicals
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Diane C. Fujino
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-31 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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Demanding liberation, advocating for the oppressed, and organizing for justice, siblings Mitsuye Yamada (1923–) and Michael Yasutake (1920–2001) rebelled ag
Public Memory, Race, and Ethnicity
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: G. Mitchell Reyes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-09 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Scholars across the humanities and social sciences who study public memory study the ways that groups of people collectively remember the past. One motivation f
Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife [3 volumes]
Language: en
Pages: 1498
Authors: Jonathan H. X. Lee
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-21 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive
The Color of Success
Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Ellen D. Wu
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-29 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from