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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813005603321

Autore

Lyon Cherstin M. <1971->

Titolo

Prisons and patriots : Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory / / Cherstin M. Lyon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-31115-1

9786613311153

1-4399-0188-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Asian American history and culture

Disciplina

940.53/73089956

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Japanese Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Draft resisters - United States

Civil disobedience - United States - History - 20th century

Prisoners - Arizona - Tucson

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; Introduction: "A Footstep in the Sand of Time"; 1. Lessons in Citizenship; 2. Nisei Wartime Citizenship; 3. Loyalty and Resistance; 4. Gordon Hirabayashi in the Tucson Federal Prison Camp; 5. The Obligations of Citizenship; 6. Prison and Punishment; 7. Reunions, Redress, and Reconciliation; Conclusion: The Changing Nature of Citizenship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of forty-one Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans), known as the Tucsonians, who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Cherstin Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi, well known for his legal battle against curfew and internment, who also resisted the draft. These dual stories highlight the intrinsic relationship between the rights and the obligations of citizenship, particularly salient in times of war.Lyon considers how wartime civil disobedien