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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777602603321

Autore

Hosokawa Bill

Titolo

Colorado's Japanese Americans : from 1886 to the present / / Bill Hosokawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-87081-877-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 270 p. ) : ill., map ;

Disciplina

978.8/004956

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Colorado - History

Japanese Americans - Colorado - Social conditions

Colorado Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The First Century -- Today, an Overview -- The First Visitors -- Workin' on the Railroad -- Coal and Steel -- One Man's Story -- Adopting Christianity -- The Buddhists -- The Associations -- December 7 -- Granada -- The Alien Land Law -- The Press -- The Special Patriots -- After the War -- The Veterans -- Sakura Square -- Sister Cities -- The Search for Business -- Consular Connection -- Sushi, Everyone? -- The Imperials -- Storied Quilts -- Five Farmers -- The Newcomers -- A Day to Remember -- Why?

Sommario/riassunto

"In Colorado's Japanese Americans, renowned journalist and author Bill Hosokawa pens the first history of this significant minority in the Centennial State. From 1886, when the young aristocrat Matsudaira Tadaatsu settled in Denver, to today, when Colorado boasts a population of more than 11,000 people of Japanese ancestry, Japanese Americans have worked to build homes, businesses, families, and friendships in the state."

"Hosokawa traces personal histories, such as Bob Sakata's journey from internment in a relocation camp to founding of a vast vegetable farm; the conviction of three sisters for assisting the escape of German POWs; and the years of initiative and determination behind Toshihiro Kizaki's ownership of Sushi Den, a beloved Denver eatery. In addition to



personal stories, the author also relates the larger history of the interweaving of cultures in Colorado, from the founding of the Navy's Japanese language school at the University of Colorado to the merging of white and Japanese American congregations at Arvada's Simpson United Methodist Church."--Jacket.