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OverviewAs wartime hysteria mounted following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, and the U.S. government began forcibly relocating all West Coast individuals with Japanese ancestry to one of ten sites in inland states. Totaling close to 120,000, the majority were American citizens. The Minidoka War Relocation Center, a newly constructed camp at Hunt, Idaho, first opened in August 1942. Most of its approximately 9,300 incarcerees came from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, and surrounding regions. It was a painful experience with lasting repercussions. Minidoka's last occupant left in October 1945.Dr. Robert C. Sims devoted nearly half his life to research, writing, and education related to the unjust World War II Japanese American incarceration. Six of his previously published articles, as well as selections from conference papers and speeches, focus on topics such as Idaho Governor Chase Clark's role in the involuntary removal decision, life in camp, the impact of Japanese labor on Idaho's sugar beet and potato harvests, the effects of loyalty questionnaires, and more. His impassioned yet still academic approach to Minidoka is an important addition to others' published memoirs and photo collections. In new essays, contributors share insights into Sims' passion for social justice and how Minidoka became his platform, along with information about the Robert C. Sims Collection at Boise State University. Finally, the book recounts the thirty-five year effort to memorialize the Minidoka site. Now part of the National Park System, it highlights a national tragedy and the resilience of these victims of injustice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan M. Stacy , Betty Sims , Jim Azumano , Daniel SakuraPublisher: Washington State University Press Imprint: Washington State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780874223767ISBN 10: 0874223768 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 17 January 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents"Preface Susan M. StacyAn Introduction to Bob Sims Betty Sims Part One: Robert C. Sims on Japanese Americans and Minidoka 1 The Japanese American Experience in Idaho 2 Idaho's Governor Chase Clark and Japanese American Relocation in World War II 3 Japanese American Evacuees as Farm Laborers During World War II 4 The ""Free Zone"" Nikkei 5 Loyalty Questionnaires and Japanese Americans in World War II 6 ""Good Schools are Essential"" 7 Minidoka: An American Story 8 Idaho and Minidoka 9 Japanese American Soldiers as Part of ""The Greatest Generation"" 10 The Japanese American Return to the Pacific Northwest 11 The Other Concentration Camps Part Two: The Path to the National Historic Site 12 An Eye to Justice: Minidoka National Historic Site Susan M. Stacy 13 Creating the Minidoka National Historic Site Daniel Sakura Part Three: The Legacy of Robert C. Sims 14 Okage Sama De Hanako Wakatsuki 15 The Story of Ise Inuzuka Jim Azumano 16 The Robert C. Sims Collection on Minidoka and Japanese Americans, 1891-2014 Cheryl Oestreicher Acknowledgments Appendixes A Ronald Reagan Remarks on Signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 B General References 202 C War Relocation Authority Population Numbers D Glossary Bibliography Contributors Index"Reviews"""[Expertly edited, the articles and talks] testify to Sims' intense dedication to human decency, multiculturalism, civil liberties and social justice."" --Nichi Bei Weekly ""Bob Sims gave a voice to those Issei and Nisei who had their voices taken away or for those whose voices were silenced by their own choices."" --Robert Hirai, Honorary Consul of Japan in Idaho and past president of the Boise Valley Japanese American Citizens League ""Bob Sims was the foremost scholar of Idaho's WWII Minidoka concentration camp, and the premier historian of the Japanese in Idaho. This book brings together some of his best-known works on these topics and will keep his fine scholarship easily accessible to a wide range of readers."" --Priscilla Wegars, PhD, author of Imprisoned in Paradise" [Expertly edited, the articles and talks] testify to Sims' intense dedication to human decency, multiculturalism, civil liberties and social justice. --Nichi Bei Weekly Bob Sims gave a voice to those Issei and Nisei who had their voices taken away or for those whose voices were silenced by their own choices. --Robert Hirai, Honorary Consul of Japan in Idaho and past president of the Boise Valley Japanese American Citizens League Bob Sims was the foremost scholar of Idaho's WWII Minidoka concentration camp, and the premier historian of the Japanese in Idaho. This book brings together some of his best-known works on these topics and will keep his fine scholarship easily accessible to a wide range of readers. --Priscilla Wegars, PhD, author of Imprisoned in Paradise Author InformationSusan M. Stacy is a consulting historian and author whose books include Proving the Principle: A History of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 1949-1999, and When the River Rises: Flood Control on the Boise River, 1943-1985. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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