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Nisei
Hosokawa Bill
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Description for Nisei
Paperback. Num Pages: 588 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 814.
Hailed at the time of its publication in 1969, Bill Hosokawa's Nisei remains an inspiring account of the original Japanese immigrants and their role in the development of the West. Hosokawa recounts the ordeals faced by the immigrant generation and their American-born offspring, the Nisei; the ill-advised government decisions that led to their uprooting during World War II; how they withstood harsh camp life; and their courageous efforts to prove their loyalty to the United States.As Hosokawa additionally demonstrates, since World War II, Japanese Americans have achieved exceptional social, economic, and political progress. Their efforts led to apologies by four ... Read more
Hailed at the time of its publication in 1969, Bill Hosokawa's Nisei remains an inspiring account of the original Japanese immigrants and their role in the development of the West. Hosokawa recounts the ordeals faced by the immigrant generation and their American-born offspring, the Nisei; the ill-advised government decisions that led to their uprooting during World War II; how they withstood harsh camp life; and their courageous efforts to prove their loyalty to the United States.As Hosokawa additionally demonstrates, since World War II, Japanese Americans have achieved exceptional social, economic, and political progress. Their efforts led to apologies by four ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870816680
SKU
V9780870816680
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About Hosokawa Bill
Bill Hosokawa, a native of Seattle, began his career in 1938 editing the Singapore Herald and then the Heart Mountain Sentinel (in a WWII relocation camp). He wrote for the Denver Post for thirty-eight years and the Rocky Mountain News for seven more, and published numerous books over the course of his life.
Reviews for Nisei
"Hosokawa cuts through the haze and, without any special pleading, in stark dispassionate reporting limns a classic laboratory case of governmental and human fallibilities suddenly converging in monstrous injustice." —The New York Times Book Review ". . . personal, charming, at times wistful and sad." —Washington Post ". . . a restrained and valuable study of the Nisei, ... Read more