{"product_id":"cane-fires-9780877229452","title":"Cane Fires","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging the view of Hawaii as a mythical racial paradise, this work presents the history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in the islands from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Okihiro's account is an important corrective to our understanding of the Japanese American Experience in World War II.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hawaiian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Scholars of American race relations will want to read this book. So will anyone interested in Hawaii's history or in the experiences of Japanese or Asian Americans. It will go far in putting to rest any residual notion that the WWII experiences of the Japanese Americans represented 'aberration' or 'hysterical' reaction to wartime exigencies.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFranklin S. Odo\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Hawaii at Manoa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A well-researched and well-written treatment of the subject.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations  Preface  Part I: Years of Migrant Labor, 1986-1909  1. So Much Charity, So Little Democracy  2. Hole Hole Bushi  3. With the Force of Wildfire  Part II: Years of Dependency, 1910-1940  4. Cane Fires  5. In the National Defense  6. Race War  7. Extinguishing the Dawn  8. Dark Designs  Part III: World War II, 1941-1945  9. Into the Cold Night Rain  10. Bivouac Song  11. In Morning Sunlight  Notes  Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406435590487,"sku":"9780877229452","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877229452.jpg?v=1730495799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cane-fires-9780877229452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}