Forced out : a Nikkei woman's search for a home in America / Judy Kawamoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kawamoto, Judy, author.

Series:

George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series.

The George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kawamoto, Judy.

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

Japanese Americans.

Japanese American women--Biography.

Japanese American women.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Psychotherapists--United States--Biography.

Psychotherapists.

Social workers--United States--Biography.

Social workers.

Japanese Americans--Biography.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 189 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2020]

Summary:

"'Voluntary evacuation,' a little-known Japanese American experience during World War II with roughly 120,000 people forced from their homes by Executive Order 9066. Around 5,000 escaped. Recounting her family's flight from home and the influence of those experiences. Like many families who lost everything and started over in hostile environments."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Prologue

Battlefield to Beet Field: The Germans Meet Dad in World War II

A Better Mousetrap

Mind the Gap: Locating Missing Memories

Big Apple to Big Sky: Meditations on Space

The One and Only

Crossing Over

Saints and Sinners

Cape Town to Japantown

Chicken, Waffles, and . . . Tsukemono

Pictures on the Wall

Epilogue: Bananas and Beyond

Afterword

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781646420704

1646420705

OCLC:

1164818548