Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest
Subtitle: Japanese Americans & Japanese Canadians in the twentieth century
By: edited by Louis Fiset and Gail M. Nomura.
Contributors: Fiset, Louis.; Nomura, Gail M.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ;; 11
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press; University of Washington Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Japanese Americans -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Japanese -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Japanese Americans -- Northwest, Pacific -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses.; Japanese -- British Columbia -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses.; Immigrants -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Regionalism -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Northwest, Pacific -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Challenging the notion that Nikkei individuals before and during World War II were helpless pawns manipulated by forces beyond their control, the diverse essays in this collection focus on the theme of resistance within Japanese American and Japanese Canadian communities to twentieth-century political, cultural, and legal discrimination. They illustrate how Nikkei groups were mobilized to fight discrimination through assertive legal challenges, community participation, skillful print publicity, and political and economic organization. Comprised of all-new and original research, this is the first anthology to highlight the contributions and histories of Nikkei within the entire Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers from a conference held at the University of Washington from May 4 to 6, 2000.