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Achieving the impossible dream : how Japanese Americans obtained redress / Mitchell T. Maki, Harry H.L. Kitano, and S. Megan Berthold ; forewords by Robert T. Masui and Roger Daniels

Catalog Data

Author:
Maki, Mitchell T (Mitchell Takeshi)  Search this
Kitano, Harry H. L  Search this
Berthold, S. Megan (Sarah Megan)  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
C1999
Contents:
Theoretical perspectives -- Historical factors prior to World War II -- World War II (1941-45) -- Postwar decades (1945-69) -- Genesis of the modern redress movement (1970-78) -- Commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians (1979-82) -- Other efforts at redress -- Continuing legislative battle (1983-86) -- Aligning of the One-hundredth Congress (1987-88) -- President's signature and the fight for appropriations -- Delivering on the promise -- Lessons of a movement
Topic:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945  Search this
Japanese Americans--Civil rights  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Reparations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_597561