From concentration camp to campus : Japanese American students and World War II / Allan W. Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Allan W.

Series:

Asian American experience.

The Asian American experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans--Education (Higher)--History--20th century.

Japanese American college students--Social conditions--20th century.

Japanese American college students.

National Japanese American Student Relocation Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. Created to facilitate the movement of Japanese American college students from concentration camps to colleges away from the West Coast, this privately organized and funded agency helped more than 4, 000 incarcerated students pursue higher education at more than 600 schools during WWII.Austin argues that the resettled students transformed the attempts at assimilation to create their own meanings and suit their own purposes, and succeeded in reintegrating themselves into the wider American society without sacrificing their connections to community and their Japanese cultural heritage.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

CONTENTS

Foreword by Roger Daniels

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: "Ambassadors of Goodwill

1. Creating the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council

2. Living in Hope and Working on Faith, Summer 1942

3. In "Free America," Fall 1942-Summer 1943

4. Change and New Challenges in a World at War, Fall 1943-Summer 1944

5. Closing Down and Saying Sayonara, 1944-46

Conclusion: Memory and the Meaning of Student Resettlement

Appendix 1: Attendees at May 29, 1942 Meeting in Chicago

Appendix 2: Attendees at September 29, 1943, Meeting in New York City

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-229) and index.

ISBN:

9786613077356

9781283077354

1283077353

9780252090424

025209042X

OCLC:

785782168