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Chinese America: history and perspectives, 1992

Chinese America: history and perspectives, 1992

by Hom, Marlon K., Him Mark Lai, Ruthanne Lum McCunn, et al., editorial committee

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1992
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San Francisco: Chinese Historical Society of America, 1992. Paperback. 237p., wraps, very good condition.
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A Pepper-Pod: Classic Japanese Poems Together with Original Haiku

A Pepper-Pod: Classic Japanese Poems Together with Original Haiku

by Shōson (Kenneth Yasuda); foreword by John Gould Fletcher

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1947
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. xl, 125p., previous owner's ownership stamp on both front endpapers, sticker shadow on free front endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped dj with a sticker scar on the front flap.
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Myths and facts about the Japanese Americans; answering common misconceptions regarding Americans of Japanese ancestry

Myths and facts about the Japanese Americans; answering common misconceptions regarding Americans of Japanese ancestry

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1945
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1945. Pamphlet. 45p. staplebound pamphlet, some toning along spine, faint pencil circle around "Japanese" on the cover. C-2275. A defense of Japanese Americans by the very agency that had interned them.
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Please don't!
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Please don't!

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[195-?]
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San Francisco: Japanese American Citizens League, [195-?]. Four-panel brochure, very good. Asks the reader to avoid using the term "Jap" to refer to people of Japanese background, comparing it to other racial insults. Undated, but mentions the service of Japanese Americans in the Korean War. "Why is 'Jap' not a nice word? Because it has a long, bitter history… Read more about this item
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The Japanese in California. Results following Alien Land Law enforcement. The State's attitude had ten conditions which provoked the law

The Japanese in California. Results following Alien Land Law enforcement. The State's attitude had ten conditions which provoked the law

by McClatchy, V.S.

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1925
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San Francisco: California Joint Immigration Committee, 1925. Pamphlet. 14p., 3x6 inches, minor toning. Cover text "had ten" has been crossed out in pen and corrected to make the caption read "The State's attitude and the conditions which provoked the law." Anti-Japanese tract reprinted from the Overland Monthly of March, 1924.
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These are our parents
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These are our parents

by Morimitsu, George

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1943
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n.p., 1943. Pamphlet. 10p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. C-0799. Reprint of an article from Asia and the Americas, October, 1943, in which Morimitsu, then stationed in Mississippi with the 442nd, discusses the Americanization of younger Japanese Americans and their cultural disconnect with members of older generations like his parents, who were in an internment camp at the… Read more about this item
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Denson Tribune. Vol. 1 no. 7 (March 23, 1943)

Denson Tribune. Vol. 1 no. 7 (March 23, 1943)

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1943
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Denson, Arkansas: War Relocation Authority, 1943. Newsletter. 6p. mimeographed internment camp newsletter, 8.5x14 inches, horizontal fold, some passages underlined or circled in pencil. Updates on camp life, including work programs, sports, and weddings, plus a comic strip by Roy Kawamoto.
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Japanese American Relations. Causes which produce friction and the Christian remedies. A frank statement from California published in Japan

Japanese American Relations. Causes which produce friction and the Christian remedies. A frank statement from California published in Japan

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1921
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San Francisco: Japanese Exclusion League of California, 1921. Pamphlet. 12-panel brochure, with some toning and minor handling wear. The League, founded by newspaper publisher Valentine Stuart McClatchy, viewed Japanese immigrants as preparing the way for a potential invasion. Subtitle refers to the fact that this piece was published in Japanese translation in Yomiuri Shimbun to explain the pro-exclusion perspective.… Read more about this item
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Becoming Americans: Asian sojourners, immigrants, and refugees in the western United States

Becoming Americans: Asian sojourners, immigrants, and refugees in the western United States

by Knoll, Tricia

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1982
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Portland, OR: Coast to Coast Books, 1982. Paperback. [xii], 356p., wraps, illus., wraps lightly edgeworn, old price sticker on rear wrap, else very good condition.
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Relocation communities for wartime evacuees
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Relocation communities for wartime evacuees

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1942
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1942. Pamphlet. 13p. staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, rust stains around the staples on front and back covers, a decent reference copy. Overview of the internment camps at an early stage.
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Passage to the Golden Gate: a history of the Chinese in America

Passage to the Golden Gate: a history of the Chinese in America

by Chu, Daniel and Samuel Chu; Illustrated by Earl Thollander

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1967
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9780385059701
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Garden City: Zenith Books, 1967. Hardcover. 117p., profusely illustrated, later printing, label on front pastedown endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped dust jacket with a tear on the real panel. Juvenile.
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New Neighbors Among Us
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New Neighbors Among Us

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1944
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[Washington DC]: War Relocation Authority, 1944. Pamphlet. 13p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, ownership signature ("Westley-Gibson") in the corner, otherwise very good. C-1523. Illustrated booklet putting a cheerful face on the resettlement of West Coast Japanese-Americans in other parts of the United States, such as Nebraska, Illinois, and New York.
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American fighting men speak out

American fighting men speak out

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1944
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Berkeley: Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1944. 19p. staplebound pamphlet, ownership signature in corner of front cover, otherwise very good. Collection of letters from servicemen, some of them from Japanese Americans serving in the 100th or 442nd Infantry, the rest from non-Japanese soldiers demanding that the contributions of their compatriots be respected, lambasting racism against Japanese Americans.… Read more about this item
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Uprooted Americans in your community

Uprooted Americans in your community

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1945
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1945. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. C-2252. Foreword by D.S. Myer states, "In coming months public and private agencies in many States will be working with clients of a new type. The new clients are Americans of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated in 1942 from their home communities in the West… Read more about this item
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Bamboo people: the law and Japanese-Americans

Bamboo people: the law and Japanese-Americans

by Chuman, Frank F.

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1976
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Del Mar: Publisher's Inc, 1976. Hardcover. xi, 386p., first edition, illus., previous owner's bookplate and pen notation on free front endpaper, else very good condition in like dust jacket.
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Chinese America: history and perspectives, 1987

Chinese America: history and perspectives, 1987

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1987
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San Francisco: Chinese Historical Society of America, 1987. 187p., wraps, spine sunned, else very good condition. Inscribed and signed by contributor Sucheng Chan. Annual collection of historical articles.
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Akarui Bukkyo: Amerika yori Nihon Bukkyoto ni 明るい仏教 : アメリカより日本仏教徒に

Akarui Bukkyo: Amerika yori Nihon Bukkyoto ni 明るい仏教 : アメリカより日本仏教徒に

by Kyogoku, Itsuzo 京極逸藏

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1954
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Fresno, CA; printed in Japan: Maha Maya Society, 1954. Hardcover. 265p. hardcover, very good, in mildly toned and shelfworn dust jacket. "Brilliant Buddhism: From America to Japanese Buddhists." Kyogoku was a Shin priest working within the Japanese American community. He spent the war years in the Topaz internment camp.
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The Oriental Americans

The Oriental Americans

by Melendy, H. Brett

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1972
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New York: Hippocrene Books, 1972. Paperback. 235p., first wraps printing, spine sunned, else very good condition.
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Issei, Nisei, Kibei: Fortune Magazine reviews the program of the War Relocation Authority and the problems created by the evacuation from the West Coast of 110,000 people of Japanese descent

Issei, Nisei, Kibei: Fortune Magazine reviews the program of the War Relocation Authority and the problems created by the evacuation from the West Coast of 110,000 people of Japanese descent

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1944
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n.p., 1944. Pamphlet. 20p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. Originally published in Fortune magazine in April 1944, updated to October 1944. Publisher not stated, but in some sources it is attributed to the War Relocation Authority.
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How to help Japanese American student relocation

How to help Japanese American student relocation

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1943
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Philadelphia: National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, 1943. Pamphlet. 8p. brochure, very good. Outlines efforts to assist Japanese-American students whose university studies were interrupted by the mass evacuations on the West Coast, finding institutions in the interior, outside the evacuation zones, willing to accept these students as transfers.
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