Divided destiny : a history of Japanese Americans in Seattle / by David A. Takami.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takami, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese--Washington (State)--Seattle--History.

Japanese.

Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History.

Japanese Americans.

History.

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Physical Description:

93 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press : Wing Luke Asian Museum, [1998]

Summary:

This vivid and concise history traces more than a hundred years of Japanese Americans in Seattle, before and after the tumultuous events of the early 1940s, when World War II and the incarceration of Japanese Americans divided the community from its past and forced tens of thousands of people to uproot and start anew. Concentration camps at Minidoka, Idaho, and nine other inland locations were the crucible for postwar change and accomplishment, but at the same time shattered the dreams and spirits of many of the older immigrant Issei.

The story is local, but it is representative of the Japanese American experience on the U.S. West Coast. Poignant photographs from family albums and historical archives illustrate the book, giving faces and names to history.

Notes:

Expanded version of Takami's catalog written for the Wing Luke Asian Museum exhibition: Executive order 9066: 50 years before and 50 years after.

Includes bibliographical references (page 91).

ISBN:

0295977620

OCLC:

40429286