Cane fires [[electronic resource] ] : the anti-Japanese movement in Hawaii, 1865-1945 / / Gary Y. Okihiro

• Autore: Okihiro Gary Y. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 996.9/004956
• Soggetto topico: Japanese Americans - Hawaii - Social conditions; Japanese Americans - Hawaii - Economic conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Hawaii Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Part I: Years of Migrant Labor, 1865-1909; 1. So Much Charity, So Little Democracy; 2. Hole Hole Bushi; 3. With the Force of Wildfire; Part II: Years of Dependency, 1910-1940; 4. Cane Fires; 5. In the National Defense; 6. Race War; 7. Extinguishing the Dawn; Illustrations following page 160; 8. Dark Designs; Part III: World War II, 1941-1945; 9. Into the Cold Night Rain; 10. Bivouac Song; 11. In Morning Sunlight; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Outstanding Book in History and Social Science Award, Association for Asian American Studies, 1992""Okihiro's account is an important corrective to our understanding of the Japanese American Experience in World War II."" --The Hawaiian Journal of HistoryChallenging the prevailing view of Hawaii as a mythical ""racial paradise,"" Gary Okihiro presents this history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in the islands from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War II. He demonstrates that the racial discrimination against Japanese Americans that oc
• Titolo autorizzato: Cane fires
• ISBN: 1-282-94004-X; 9786612940040; 1-4399-0704-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458790303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian American history and culture.