{"id":2111,"date":"2006-05-01T23:27:07","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:54:31","slug":"before-internment-essays-in-prewar-japanese-american-history-by-yuji-ichioka-edited-by-gordon-chang-and-eiichiro-azuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/before-internment-essays-in-prewar-japanese-american-history-by-yuji-ichioka-edited-by-gordon-chang-and-eiichiro-azuma\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Internment: Essays in Prewar Japanese American History by Yuji Ichioka, edited by Gordon Chang and Eiichiro Azuma [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2006\/05\/Before-Internment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-30514\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2006\/05\/Before-Internment.jpg\" alt=\"Before Internment\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>An important compilation of essays, published posthumously, by longtime activist and Asian American Studies pioneer Ichioka. While numerous volumes focusing on the Japanese American internment already exist, Ichioka\u2019s writings examine the specific period between the two world wars, exploring the generational conflicts between the first-generation immigrants and their American-born children, and the resulting dual nature of the Japanese American psyche \u2013 and how those factors played a role in the eventual incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: &#8220;In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: A Literary Survey,&#8221; <em>The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2006<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/04\/before-internment.jpg\" alt=\"before-internment\" title=\"before-internment\" width=\"128\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2112\" \/>An important compilation of essays, published posthumously, by longtime activist and Asian American Studies pioneer Ichioka. 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