{"id":2190,"date":"2020-06-15T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/?page_id=2190"},"modified":"2024-01-20T01:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:26:09","slug":"citizens-immigrants-and-the-stateless","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/index.php\/citizens-immigrants-and-the-stateless\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2190\" class=\"elementor elementor-2190\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a8ae55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a8ae55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sup.org\/books\/extra\/?id=32505&#038;i=Introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-reader\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">READ INTRODUCTION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e72b96 elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8e72b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sup.org\/books\/extra\/?id=32505&#038;i=Contents.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CHAPTER ABSTRACTS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cbd1a elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"58cbd1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/index.php\/citizens-immigrants-and-the-stateless\/book_talks\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-microphone\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">INTERVIEWS & BOOK TALKS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051d95c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"051d95c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7caa44\" data-id=\"f7caa44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3bd38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3bd38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the 1910s to the eve of World War II, more than 50,000 young second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) embarked on transpacific journeys to the Japanese Empire, putting an ocean between themselves and pervasive anti-Asian racism in the American West. Born U.S. citizens but treated as unwelcome aliens, this large contingent of Japanese Americans&#8211;one in four U.S.-born Nisei&#8211;came in search of better lives but instead encountered a world shaped by increasingly volatile U.S.-Japan relations.<\/p><p>Based on bilingual and transnational research in Japan and the United States, Michael R. Jin uncovers the stories of these American emigrants at the crossroads of U.S. and Japanese empires before, during, and after World War II. From the Jim Crow American West to the Japanese colonial frontiers in Asia, from a coastal village in southern Kyushu to the cityscapes of Tokyo, and from WWII incarceration camps in America to Hiroshima on the eve of the atomic bombing, Nisei migrants redefined ideas about home, citizenship, and belonging as they encountered multiple social realities on both sides of the Pacific. <em>Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless<\/em> examines the deeply intertwined histories of Asian exclusion in the United States, Japanese colonialism in Asia, and volatile geopolitical changes in the Pacific world that converged in the lives of Nisei workers, students, sojourners, and survivors of the war in the U.S.-Japan borderlands.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513debd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"513debd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><strong>PRAISE FOR\u00a0<em>CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE STATELESS<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;For far too long, Nisei with life experiences in Japan have been written out of Japanese American history. Michael R. Jin rescues them from the historical oblivion perpetuated by the nationalist narrative of singular loyalty. Based on in-depth bilingual research,<em>\u00a0Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0gives much deserved complexities to the experiences of forgotten Nisei beyond the label of &#8216;disloyal&#8217; or helpless victims. A transnational history at its best!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong><span style=\"text-indent: 0em; text-align: inherit;\">&#8211;Eiichiro Azuma, author of\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"text-indent: 0em; text-align: inherit;\">In Search of Our Frontier: Japanese America and Settler Colonialism in the Construction of Japan&#8217;s Borderless Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"text-indent: 0em; text-align: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>&#8220;Michael R. Jin has transformed Nisei transnationalism from anecdote to experience. This is an impressive achievement.&#8221;<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong>&#8211;Lon Kurashige, author of<em>Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>&#8220;[T]hese are American stories that unsettle mainstream myths of national identity, US immigration, and wartime loyalty and patriotism&#8230;.This rich transnational history arrives 77 years after WWII ended, and 81 years after the executive order to intern Japanese and Japanese Americans, amid protests for racial justice and a rise in violence against Asian Americans; exactly when we need it.&#8221;<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong>&#8211;Petrice R. Flowers, <em>Pacific Affiairs<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;<em>Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless<\/em> is a groundbreaking transnational historical inquiry&#8230;.a book that is dramatically innovative in terms of its topic and one that is exceedingly well-written, astutely documented, and deserving of reaching a wide audience of engaged readers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong>&#8211;Arthur A. Hansen, <em>Nichi Bei<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;[Jin] is exhaustive in his research and unwavering in his focus on diasporic identity and its significance. But what I appreciate the most is his beautiful storytelling and how he takes great care to bring to life each of these unique individual histories&#8230;.Jin&#8217;s book is an example of transnational history at its best.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong>&#8211;Chrissy Yee Lau, <em>Ethnic Studies Review<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>&#8220;Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless<\/em> is an important contribution to the fields of immigration and Asian American history due in no small part to Jin&#8217;s polished writing skills. His combination of clear historical description, context, and analysis with just the right amount of sociological and interpretive language helps to make book both readable and informative.&#8221;<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #575656;\"><strong>&#8211;John E. 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I would love to discuss the possibility of Zooming into your classroom to talk about the book with your students.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7793d0 elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a7793d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/index.php\/citizens-immigrants-and-the-stateless\/order\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Order Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d699d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b5d699d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ABSTRACTS INTERVIEWS &#038; BOOK TALKS From the 1910s to the eve of World War II, more than 50,000 young second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) embarked on transpacific journeys to the Japanese Empire, putting &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"fluida-featured":false,"fluida-featured-lp":false,"fluida-featured-half":false,"fluida-featured-third":false,"fluida-header":false,"fluida-lpbox-1":false,"fluida-lpbox-2":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Michael R. 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