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Author Yamaguchi, Precious, author.

Title Experiences of Japanese American women during and after World War II : living in internment camps and rebuilding life afterwards / Precious Yamaguchi.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- Los Angeles, 1937 : from cantaloupe sunrises to the cantaloupe farms -- The significance of silence -- As a child, I did not know I was Japanese' as an adult, people do not know I'm American -- Examining the crevices in-between identities -- From issei to Gosei : ethnography and autoethnography of generations -- Growing up during World War II : evacuation, internment, and labor -- Pathways to memories and dancing forward -- After the internment camps : strength, support, and friendships -- Japanese Americans and Japanese Peruvians as hostages -- Rebuilding the American dream -- Saying goodbye and keeping the stories alive -- References -- Index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States.
Japanese Americans -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Yamaguchi, Precious. Experiences of Japanese American women during and after World War II : living in internment camps and rebuilding life afterwards. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014] 9780739192429
ISBN 9780739192429 (cloth alk. paper)
9780739192436 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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