Making home from war : stories of Japanese American exile and resettlement / edited by Brian Komei Dempster ; foreword by Greg Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dempster, Brian Komei, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japanese Americans--Social conditions.

Japanese Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

United States.

Social conditions.

Japanese Americans--Biography.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday, [2011]

Summary:

"In the early days of Word War II, more than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry--roughly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--were taken from their homes along the West Coast and imprisoned in concentration camps. When they were finally allowed to leave, they faced a new challenge: How do you resume a life so interrupted? The twelve memoirs that comprise Making Home from War spotlight the thinly documented and sorely understudied chapter of Japanese American history generally known as 'resettlement.' This collection not only gives voice to an untold history but also informs, inspires, and heals."--From publisher description.

Contents:

Florence Ohmura Dobashi

Kiku Hori Funabiki

Sato Hashizume

Fumi Manabe Hayashi

Naoko Yoshimura Ito

Florence Miho Nakamura with Kristen Langewisch Marchetti

Ruth Y. Okimoto, Ph.D.

Yoshito Wayne Osaki with Sally Noda Osaki

Toru Saito

Daisy Uyeda Satoda

Harumi Serata

Michi Tashiro

Appendix A: Lesson plans

Appendix B: Overview of migration : from incarceration to release

WRA statistics

Migration chart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781597141420

1597141429

OCLC:

630457308