During World War II over 5,500 young Japanese Americans left the
concentration camps to which they had been confined with their
families in order to attend college. "Storied Lives"
describes--often in their own words--how nisei students found
schools to attend outside the West Coast exclusion zone and the
efforts of white Americans to help them. The book is concerned with
the deeds of white and Japanese Americans in a mutual struggle
against racism, and argues that Asian American studies--indeed,
race relations as a whole--will benefit from an understanding not
only of racism but also of its opposition, antiracism.
To uncover this little known story, Gary Okihiro surveyed the
colleges and universities the nisei attended, collected oral
histories from nisei students and student relocation staff members,
and examined the records of the National Japanese American Student
Relocation Council and other materials.
"Throughout the wartime years when Trudy King and I worked as
volunteers in the National Student Relocation Council we had a
constant sense of making history. We often talked about the book
that we were going to write when the war was over, a book that
would tell the story of the nisei students in their own words, but
I was unable to do it. It was simply too painful. Gary Okihiro has
done a splendid job All we dreamed of for the book he has
done."--Thomas R. Bodine, former West Coast Director, National
Student Relocatioin Council
"This is a solid contribution that will add substantially to our
growing body of knowledge and will be useful in rethinking current
attitudes towards racism and anti-racist movements. In so doing, it
will contribute towards a more generous and less cynical view of
race relations."--Franklin S. Odo, Counselor to the Provost,
Smithsonian Institution
General
| Imprint: |
University of Washington Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 1999 |
| First published: |
1999 |
| Authors: |
Gary Y. Okihiro
|
| Afterword by: |
Leslie A Ito
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-295-97796-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-295-97796-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780295977966 |
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