In Defense of Justice : Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality / Eileen H. Tamura.

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As a leading dissident in the World War II concentration camps for Japanese Americans, the controversial figure Joseph Yoshisuke Kurihara stands out as an icon of Japanese American resistance. In emotional, often inflammatory speeches, Kurihara attacked the U.S. government for its treatment of innoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tamura, Eileen
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
Kurihara, Joseph Yoshisuke, > 1895-1971.
Manzanar War Relocation Center > History.
Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Japanese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Japanese Americans > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xv, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Growing up American
  • A Yank in France, a Jap in America
  • To Manzanar
  • Resistance in Manzanar
  • Stepping back
  • Isolating citizen dissidents
  • Turmoil at Tule
  • Renunciation
  • Japan
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.