Encyclopedia of Japanese American history : an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present / Brian Niiya, editor ; Japanese American National Museum ; foreword by Daniel K. Inouye ; introduction essay by Gary Y. Okihiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niiya, Brian.

Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Series:

Facts on File library of American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--History--Encyclopedias.

Japanese Americans.

History.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts on File, [2001]

Summary:

Revised and updated, this accessible reference is organized into four sections: an illuminating historical overview by Gary Okihiro, a distinguished scholar of Japanese American history; a chronology of major events in Japanese American history; 400 encyclopedic entries on significant individuals, organizations, events, and movements; and an annotated bibliography of 100 major works.

The updated edition features new interpretations on the forced repatriation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, new research on pan-Asian Americanism and constructions of ethnicity, profiles of prominent Japanese Americans, the Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund, and War brides.

Contents:

Foreword / Daniel K. Inouye

Japanese American Population

The Japanese in America / Gary Y. Okihiro

Chronology

Encyclopedia

One Hundred Titles: A Basic Library on Japanese Americans.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Japanese American history. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0816040931

081604094X

OCLC:

43708577