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Prisons and patriots: Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory

Part of the Asian American history and culture series
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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.

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Product Details
Temple University Press
1439901880 / 9781439901885
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
20/12/2011
English
235 pages
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