The Unquiet Nisei [electronic resource] : An Oral History of the Life of Sue Kunitomi Embrey /
Bahr, D.author.
An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Manzanar National Historic Site: Fulfillment of a Mission; 1 Growing up in Little Tokyo; 2 Old Values in a New Home; 3 A Father's Shadow; 4 The Impact of the Attack on Pearl Harbor; 5 Manzanar: Weeping under the Apple Trees; 6 Manzanar: A Community of Contradictions; 7 Violence and Desolation; 8 Go Forth, Seek, and Find; 9 The Kunitomis, Reunited, Diminished; 10 Nisei Progressives and Beyond; 11 The Unquiet Nisei; 12 The Manzanar Committee; 13 Redress and Reparations
Conclusion: The Legacy of Sue Kunitomi EmbreyAfterword; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.
An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees.
Embrey, Sue Kunitomi.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
Sociology.
America—History.
Oral history.
US History.
Modern History.
Gender Studies.
History of the Americas.
Oral History.