Prisons and patriots : Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory / / Cherstin M. Lyon
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| Autore: |
Lyon Cherstin M. <1971->
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| Titolo: |
Prisons and patriots : Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory / / Cherstin M. Lyon
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.53/73089956 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Prisons and patriots |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31115-1 |
| 9786613311153 | |
| 1-4399-0188-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813005603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Asian American history and culture.