LEADER 02803nam 2200529 450 001 9910787968203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9971-69-804-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000557817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001281894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11695610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001281894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11354407 035 $a(PQKB)10524550 035 $a(OCoLC)880354709 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5718230 035 $a(OCoLC)1089019103 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5718230 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000557817 100 $a20190314d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThose days in Muramatsu $eone woman's memoir of occupied Japan /$fYumi Goto 210 1$aSingapore :$cRidge Books,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 158 pages) :)$ccolor illustrations, map 300 $aOriginally published: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007. 311 $a9971-69-793-9 330 $aBearing witness to the encounters of American soldiers and Japanese civilians in the aftermath of a savage war, the memoir of Mrs Yumi Goto is poignant testimony to the capacity of ordinary people for mutual curiosity, learning and generosity. In the summer of 1945, a contingent of 1,800 American soldiers was posted as a garrison force in the country town of Muramatsu, where they lived alongside a community feeling 'depressed and fearful' at the prospect of foreign occupation. Mrs Goto, an English-speaking graduate of one of Japan's top universities for women, had relocated to Muramatsu with her family after their house in Tokyo was destroyed in a bombing raid. She became an interpreter while the Americans were in Muramatsu, and recorded light-hearted but perceptive observations of the Japanese-American encounter. Written in English for an American audience who 'would like to read how their young men behaved in Japan', and revealing 'the thoughts and sentiments of a 26-year old girl in war-devastated Japan', her memoir is a charming and uplifting account of a woman's journey, and how ordinary people from very different backgrounds found common ground in difficult circumstances. 606 $aWomen$zJapan$vDiaries 607 $aJapan$xHistory$yAllied occupation, 1945-1952$vPersonal narratives 607 $aMuramatsu-machi (Japan)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWomen 676 $a301.4120952 700 $aGoto$b Yumi$01573655 712 02$aProject Muse 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787968203321 996 $aThose days in Muramatsu$93849493 997 $aUNINA