Cover image for An eye for injustice : Robert C. Sims and Minidoka / Susan M. Stacy, editor.
Title:
An eye for injustice : Robert C. Sims and Minidoka / Susan M. Stacy, editor.
ISBN:
9780874223767
Publication Information:
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
xx, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
Preface / Susan M. Stacy -- An introduction to Bob Sims / Betty Sims -- Part One: Robert C. Sims on Japanese Americans and Minidoka -- The Japanese American Experience in Idaho -- Idaho's Governor Chase Clark and Japanese American Relocation in World War II -- Japanese American Evacuees as Farm Laborers during World War II -- The "Free Zone" Nikkei -- Loyalty Questionnaires and Japanese Americans in World War II -- "Good Schools are Essential" -- Minidoka: An American Story -- Idaho and Minidoka -- Japanese Soldiers as Part of "The Greatest Generation" -- The Japanese American Return to the Pacific Northwest -- The Other Concentration Camps -- Part Two: The Path to the National Historic Site -- An Eye to Justice: Minidoka National Historic Site / Susan M. Stacy -- Creating the Minidoka National Historic Site / Daniel Sakura -- Part Three: The Legacy of Robert C. Sims -- Okage Sama De / Hanako Wakatsuki -- The Story of Ise Inuzuka / Jim Azumano -- The Robert C. Sims Collection on Minidoka and Japanese Americans, 1891-2014 / Cheryl Oestreicher -- Appendixes. Ronald Reagan Remarks on Signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 -- General References -- War Relocation Authority Population Numbers -- Glossary.
Summary:
"The book, about the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho, contains a selection of Robert Sims's published articles, conference papers, speeches, and slide shows on Minidoka and Japanese internment. Includes a new essay documenting the transformation of the forgotten post-WWII patch of desert to the Minidoka National Historical Site; short biographical essays by people who worked with him describing Sims' passion for social justice, history, and education, and an essay about the Robert C. Sims Collection at Boise State University."-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1117317875
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