Title Children of the occupation : Japan's untold story / Walter Hamilton

Published Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth, 2012

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Description xvi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm regular print Summary The author artfully blends oral histories with an historical and political analysis of international race relations and immigration policy in North America and Australia, to highlight the little-known story of the thousands of children that resulted from the unions of Japanese women and Allied servicemen posted to Japan following WWII Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- Japan. Military bases, American -- Social aspects -- Japan. Racially mixed children -- Japan. War brides. White Australia policy. World War, 1939-1945. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78089021 Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508 Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069586 ISBN 9781742233314

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