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American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War / Duncan Ryuken Williams.
Author
Williams, Duncan Ryuken, 1969-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) : illustrations
Details
Subject(s)
Japanese Americans
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Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
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Buddhists
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Buddhism and state
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Buddhism and politics
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United States
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History
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20th century
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World War, 1939-1945
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Japanese Americans
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United States
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Race relations
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History
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20th century
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Summary note
Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals the little-known story of how, in the darkest hours of World War II when Japanese Americans were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, a community of Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
In English.
Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Prologue: Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra
1. America: A Nation of Religious Freedom?
2. Martial Law
3. Japanese America under Siege
4. Camp Dharma
5. Sangha behind Barbed Wire
6. Reinventing American Buddhism
7. Onward Buddhist Soldiers
8. Loyalty and the Draft
9. Combat in Europe
10. The Resettlement
Epilogue: The Stones Speak: An American Sutra
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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ISBN
0-674-24085-5
0-674-23708-0
OCLC
1081173415
Doi
10.4159/9780674237087
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American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War / Duncan Ryūken Williams
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American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War / Dūncan Ryuken Williams.
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