Achieving the impossible dream : how Japanese Americans obtained redress / Mitchell T. Maki, Harry H.L. Kitano, and S. Megan Berthold ; forewords by Robert T. Masui and Roger Daniels.

Author/creator Maki, Mitchell T.
Other author Kitano, Harry H. L.
Other author Berthold, S. Megan (Sarah Megan)
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxvii, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAsian American experience
Asian American experience. ^A326577
Contents Theoretical perspectives -- Historical factors prior to World War II -- World War II (1941-45) -- The postwar decades (1945-69) -- The genesis of the modern redress movement (1970-78) -- The commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians (1979-82) -- Other efforts at redress -- The continuing legislative battle (1983-86) -- The aligning of the one-hundredth congress (1987-88) -- The President's signature and the fight for appropriations -- Delivering on the promise -- Lessons of a movement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290) and index.
LCCN 98058016
ISBN0252024583 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0252067649 (paperback : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks D769.8.A6 M29 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold