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9780700610037

Prisoners in Paradise

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700610037

  • ISBN10:

    0700610030

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
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Summary

Draws on letters & diaries of American wives, missionaries, teachers, nurses, and spies to uncover their heroic tales while captives of the Japanese during World War II.

Author Biography

Theresa Kaminski is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(10)
Women's Duty and the Decision to Stay in the Pacific
11(36)
The Struggle to Organize
47(34)
Work and Womanhood in Internment
81(31)
Romance, Marriage, and Family Life During the War
112(36)
Evading Internment
148(33)
National Identity and Subversion of the Enemy
181(26)
Rescue and Its Aftermath
207(29)
Conclusion 236(9)
Notes 245(16)
Selected Bibliography 261(6)
Index 267

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