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Prisons and patriots : Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory / Cherstin M. Lyon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyon, Cherstin M., 1971-
- Series:
- Asian American history and culture.
- Asian American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- Japanese Americans.
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- Japanese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Draft resisters--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Civil disobedience--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil disobedience.
- Prisoners--Arizona--Tucson--Biography.
- Prisoners.
- Hirabayashi, Gordon K.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of forty-one Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans), known as the Tucsonians, who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Cherstin Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi, well known for his legal battle against curfew and internment, who also resisted the draft. These dual stories highlight the intrinsic relationship between the rights and the obligations of citizenship, particularly salient in times of war.Lyon considers how wartime civil disobedien
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; Introduction: "A Footstep in the Sand of Time"; 1. Lessons in Citizenship; 2. Nisei Wartime Citizenship; 3. Loyalty and Resistance; 4. Gordon Hirabayashi in the Tucson Federal Prison Camp; 5. The Obligations of Citizenship; 6. Prison and Punishment; 7. Reunions, Redress, and Reconciliation; Conclusion: The Changing Nature of Citizenship; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613311153
- 9781283311151
- 1283311151
- 9781439901885
- 1439901880
- OCLC:
- 756485003
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