Bookshelf
| can't find it |

| browse books |
books
 

| book details |

Exiled to Motown: A Community History of Japanese Americans in Detroit

By (author) Scott Kurashige

| on special |

normal price: R 1 305.95

Price: R 1 240.95


| book description |

During World War II, Detroit emerged as a relative space of freedom for Nisei permitted by the War Relocation Authority to leave sites of incarceration but banned from returning to their homes in the exclusion zones. These Nisei connected with an existing Japanese American community that had been formed by immigrant trailblazers who came to Detroit in the early twentieth century to be part of the booming auto industry. While many of the wartime migrants later returned to the West Coast, those who stayed in Detroit negotiated living and raising families in a region torn apart by Black-white conflict and then scarred by ""Japan-bashing"" in the face of economic decline. Drawing from a community-based oral history and archiving project, Exiled to Motown captures the compelling stories of Japanese Americans in the Midwest, filling in overlooked aspects of the Asian American experience. It serves as a model for collaboration on projects between scholars, elders, and community activists.

| product details |



Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | University of Washington Press
Published date | 5 Mar 2024
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 316
Dimensions | 216 x 210 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 557g
ISBN | 978-0-2957-4902-0
Readership Age |
BISAC | social science / ethnic studies / asian american studies


| other options |


| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
208 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks


The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

Mustafa Suleyman
Paperback / softback
352 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order


The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
224 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).