Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 239 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781439901861
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9781439901878
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1283311151
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9781439901885
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9781283311151
Series Statement:
Asian American history and culture
Content:
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 disobedience has been remembered th
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283311127
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Prisons and Patriots : Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory
Language:
English
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