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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James Matsumoto Omura , Arthur A. HansenPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9781503606111ISBN 10: 1503606112 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 28 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–1923 2. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–1933 3. Dateline California, 1933–1940 4. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–1942 5. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–1944 6. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 1944 7. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945ReviewsContrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories. --Gary Y. Okihiro author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Americans James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like. --Eric Muller University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press.Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike. --Lane Ryo Hirabayashi University of California, Los Angeles James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like. --Eric Muller University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press.Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike. --Lane Ryo Hirabayashi University of California, Los Angeles Author InformationJames Matsumoto Omura (1912–1994) was a newspaper editor and later operated a landscaping business in Denver, Colorado. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 1989.Arthur A. Hansen is Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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