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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788725503321

Autore

Austin Allan W

Titolo

From concentration camp to campus [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese American students and World War II / / Allan W. Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004

ISBN

1-283-07735-3

9786613077356

0-252-09042-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

The Asian American experience

Disciplina

940.53/089/956073

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Japanese Americans - Education (Higher) - History - 20th century

Japanese American college students - Social conditions - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Roger Daniels -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: "Ambassadors of Goodwill -- 1. Creating the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council -- 2. Living in Hope and Working on Faith, Summer 1942 -- 3. In "Free America," Fall 1942-Summer 1943 -- 4. Change and New Challenges in a World at War, Fall 1943-Summer 1944 -- 5. Closing Down and Saying Sayonara, 1944-46 -- Conclusion: Memory and the Meaning of Student Resettlement -- Appendix 1: Attendees at May 29, 1942 Meeting in Chicago -- Appendix 2: Attendees at September 29, 1943, Meeting in New York City -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.