| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 753.8 .C67 1987 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13570 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 873383435 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Corbett, P. Scott
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Quiet passages :
- Remainder of title - the exchange of civilians between the United States and Japan during the second world war /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - P. Scott Corbett
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Kent, Ohio :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Kent State University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1987.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 226 p. :
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - This book includes one chapter (chapter 10) on American internees in Asia with observations about American internees' experiences in the Philippines.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Documented study of the negotiations, legal issues, agencies and execution of exchange ships which repatriated American and Japanese diplomats to their respective countries. Includes a detailed discussion of the Gripsholm, on which some Americans in the Philippines (including Charles Parsons, Carl Mydans and others) were able to return to the United States. Also includes passing mention of Japanese interned in the Philippines at the start of the war. The book also discusses attempts by the US to relieve the plight of American internees in the Philippines. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Diplomatic history.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Evacuation of civilians
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Evacuation of civilians
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Japanese Americans.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Japan
- General subdivision - Foreign relations
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
- Geographic name - United States
- General subdivision - Foreign relations
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
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