Haunted by waters : a journey through race and place in the American West / Robert T. Hayashi ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayashi, Robert Terry, 1963-

Series:

American land and life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Idaho--History.

Minorities.

Human ecology--Idaho.

Human ecology.

Japanese Americans.

History.

Race relations.

Idaho--Race relations.

Idaho.

Japanese Americans--Idaho--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2007.

Summary:

Using a wide range of materials that include memoirs, oral interviews, poetry, legal cases, letters, government documents, and even road signs, Robert Hayashi illustrates how Thomas Jefferson's vision of an agrarian, all white, and democratic West affected the Gem State's Nez Perce, Chinese, Shoshone, Mormon, and Japanese residents. Starting at the site of the Corps of Discovery's journey into Idaho, he details the ideological, aesthetic, and material manifestations of these intertwined notions of race and place. As he fly-fishes Idaho's fabled rivers and visits its historical sites and museums, Hayashi reads the contemporary landscape in light of this evolution.

Contents:

The innocence of our intentions: Thomas Jefferson, the Corps of Discovery, and the natural progression of Idaho

Matching the hatch: Nikkei, the environment, and Idaho statehood

O pioneers: the democratic spaces of Minidoka

Haunted by waters: Shoshone, Mormon, and Japanese American relations to place.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9781587296109

1587296101

OCLC:

153578931

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