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

Prisons and patriots : Japanese American wartime citizenship, civil disobedience, and historical memory / Cherstin M. Lyon.

"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, we...

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Main Author: Lyon, Cherstin M., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Series:Asian American history and culture.
Subjects:
Hirabayashi, Gordon K.
Japanese Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Draft resisters > United States.
Civil disobedience > United States > History > 20th century.
Prisoners > Arizona > Tucson > Biography.
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Call Number: D769.8.A6 L96 2012
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