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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812694203321

Titolo

Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest : Japanese Americans & Japanese Canadians in the twentieth century / / edited by Louis Fiset and Gail M. Nomura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, 2005

ISBN

0-295-80009-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 348 p. : ill., maps

Collana

The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; ; 11

Altri autori (Persone)

FisetLouis

NomuraGail M

Disciplina

979.5/004956

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Northwest, Pacific - History - 20th century

Japanese - British Columbia - History - 20th century

Japanese Americans - Northwest, Pacific - Ethnic identity

Japanese - British Columbia - Ethnic identity

Immigrants - Northwest, Pacific - History - 20th century

Regionalism - Northwest, Pacific - History - 20th century

Northwest, Pacific History 20th century Congresses

Northwest, Pacific Ethnic relations Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from a conference held at the University of Washington from May 4 to 6, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest / Louis Fiset and Gail M. Nomura -- 2. Writing Racial Barriers into Law: Upholding B.C.'s Denial of the Vote to Its Japanese Canadian Citizens, "Homma v. Cunningham," 1902 / Andrea Geiger-Adams -- 3. Becoming "Local" Japanese: Iseei Adaptive Strategies on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1906-1923 / Gail M. Nomura -- 4. Yasutaro Yamaga: Fraser Valley Berry Farmer, Community Leader, and Strategist / Michiko Midge Ayukawa -- 5. Americanization vs. Japanese Cultural Maintenance: Analyzing Seattle's "Nihongo Tokuhon", 1920 / Noriko Asato -- 6. "The Nail That Sticks Up Gets Hit" : The Architecture of Japanese American Identity in the Urban Environment, 1885-1942 /



Gail Lee Dubrow -- 7. Four Hirabayashi Cousins: A Question of Identity / James A. Hirabayashi -- 8. The Minidoka Draft Resisters in a Federal Kangaroo Court / Eric L. Muller -- 9. Words Do Matter: A Notes on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans / Roger Daniels -- 10. In the Matter of Iwao Matsushita: A Government Decision to Intern a Seattle Japanese Enemy Alien in World War II / Louis Fiset -- 11. The "Free Zone" Nikkei: Japanese Americans in idaho and Eastern Oregon in World War II / Robert C. Sims -- 12. Lessons in Citizenship, 1945-1949: The Delayed Return of the Japanese to Canada's Pacific Coast / Patricia E. Roy -- 13. Peculiar Odyssey: Newsman Jimmie Omura's Removal from and Regeneration within Nikkei Society, History, and Memory / Arthur A. Hansen -- 14. Reclaiming and Reinventing "Powell Street" : Reconstruction of the Japanese Canadian Community in Post-World War II Vancouver / Masumi Izumi -- Contributors -- Index.