ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NISEI
Japanese, literally: second generation.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NISEI»
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Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River
Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community, endurance, and reparation.
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Growing Up
Nisei: Race, Generation, and Culture Among ...
Yoo broadens the scope of Japanese-American history beyond its usual confines to examine how the second generation -- the Nisei -- has shaped its identity and negotiated its place within American society.
In telling the story of the community's complex and dynamic relationship to the larger society, he highlights individuals who contributed to the struggles and debates that paved the way for the emergence of a distinct Japanese American ...
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Americanization, Acculturation, and Ethnic Identity: The ...
Eileen Tamura examines the forms that U.S. hysteria over 'Americanization' took after World War I in Hawaii, where the children of Japanese imigrants--the Nisei--were targets of widespread discrimination.
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Airborne Dreams: “
Nisei” Stewardesses and Pan American World ...
DIVAn account of Pan Am s Nisei stewardess program (1955&–1972), through which the airline hired Japanese American (and later other Asian and Asian American) stewardesses, ostensibly for their Asian-language skills./div ""Airborne Dreams" ...
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Go for Broke: The
Nisei Warriors of World War II who ...
During World War II, Japanese Americans were forcefully placed in "relocation" camps.
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Dachau, Holocaust, and US Samurais:
Nisei Soldiers First in ...
This story must be told ever and ever to be never forgotten.
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First Among
Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto
Primarily based on Masaji Marumoto's oral histories, this book is an account of Marumoto's life and career-from the time he was a child until he was well into his retirement years in the mid-1980s.
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The Concept of Failure Represented by the
Nisei Characters ...
By telling the story from Ichiro's perspective, Okada thereby convinces his audience with an authentic depiction of "a quest for self-identity under extreme circumstances" (Huang, 2006: 152) in this fragmented and torn segment of society.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NISEI»
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75th Nisei Week Is Officially Open
The 2015 Nisei Week Queen candidates made their official debut on Sunday at the Nisei Week Opening Ceremony at the Japanese American ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Jul 15»
Eastland remembered: A century later, groups work to memorialize …
A photo exhibit will be on display through Labor Day at the Nisei Lounge along the Chicago River and a beer — the 844 — has been brewed ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
Bowling: Earl Anthony's Dublin Bowl
Karen Adolphson of the Nisei league shot a 277 game on the way to a ... 180/+58; (Nisei Invitational) Anthony Braga, 290-734; Mark Shiraki, ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
Haiku woman struck by car identified
An 87-year-old Haiku woman who died after being struck by a vehicle Saturday in the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center parking lot was ... «Maui News, Jul 15»
Victim in deadly Kahului parking lot incident identified
Investigators say she was hit by the door of a vehicle just before 1 p.m. in the parking lot at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. A white 1999 ... «KITV Honolulu, Jul 15»
After the Matsuuras moved to Guadalupe
By March 1942, after the outbreak of World War II, almost all of the Issei and Nisei families in California were interned in various relocation ... «Lompoc Record, Jul 15»
Grateful Crane's “J-Town Jazz Club” Coming to Little Tokyo on July 25
“As Japanese Americans returned home after the war,” said Soji Kashiwagi, who wrote the play, “some tensions developed as Nisei attempted ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Jul 15»
Kanazawa, Henry Kiyoshi
... in 2011 received a Congressional Medal of Honor for service by Nisei soldiers (2nd Generation Japanese Americans) during World War II. «Madison.com, Jul 15»
Kings to join Valley counties in push for new dam
Manuel Cunha, president of Fresno-based Nisei Farmers League, said up to $400 million in money to clean up/restore groundwater in ... «Hanford Sentinel, Jul 15»
Eleven Class of 2015 graduates receive $1000 scholarships
Among the 2015 recipients of scholarships from Maui AJA Veterans Inc. and Maui's Sons and Daughters of the Nisei Veterans are (from left) ... «Lahaina News, Jul 15»
