The Enemy That Never Was; A History of the Japanese Canadians
by Adachi, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 077100723X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771007231
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 077100723X . DJ shows some edgewear & short tears and boards show light shelf wear, light spotting on page fore edges.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 456 pages; The author goes into the history of Japanese Canadian experience going back to 1877, the tragedy of the internment camps and how the Japanese fared after WWII. Adachi wrote from experience as his childhood was spent in one of those internment camps. A well documented book with extensive notes and sources as well as index. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21146
- Title
- The Enemy That Never Was; A History of the Japanese Canadians
- Author
- Adachi, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 077100723X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771007231
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 077100723X, Internment camps, ethnology, Japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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