The house on Lemon Street :: Japanese pioneers and the American dream /

In 1915, Jukichi and Ken Harada purchased a house on Lemon Street in Riverside, California. Close to their restaurant, church, and children's school, the house should have been a safe and healthy family home. Before the purchase, white neighbors objected because of the Haradas' Japanese an...

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Main Author: Rawitsch, Mark Howland, 1950-
Other Authors: Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2012.
Series:George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In 1915, Jukichi and Ken Harada purchased a house on Lemon Street in Riverside, California. Close to their restaurant, church, and children's school, the house should have been a safe and healthy family home. Before the purchase, white neighbors objected because of the Haradas' Japanese ancestry, and the California Alien Land Law denied them real-estate ownership because they were not citizens. To bypass the law Mr. Harada bought the house in the names of his three youngest children, who were American-born citizens. Neighbors protested again, and the first Japanese American court test of the.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607321668
1607321661
9781457117374
1457117371
9781457117350
1457117355

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