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Full-Text Articles in Asian History
Gaman: How Japanese Americans Persevered In The Face Of Racial Injustice 1941-1988, Derek James Koehler
Gaman: How Japanese Americans Persevered In The Face Of Racial Injustice 1941-1988, Derek James Koehler
History
A look at the racial injustice of Japanese Americans during WWII including the internment camps and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
我爸爸，中国的朋友 / My Father, A Friend To China, Elizabeth Myers Macinata, Josephine B. Howe, Erik Van Ingen Schenau
我爸爸，中国的朋友 / My Father, A Friend To China, Elizabeth Myers Macinata, Josephine B. Howe, Erik Van Ingen Schenau
College of Arts and Sciences Poster Presentations
This short talk introduces the life of Daniel F. Myers (1889-1973) and his experience in China from 1929 to 1944. Myers was an American automotive engineer selected initially by a representative authorized by Marshal Zhang Xueliang to set up and engineer a truck manufacturing factory in Mukden (Shenyang), Manchuria (Dongbei, North-East China). Although Shenyang fell to the Japanese in 1931, Myers stayed until 1933. Throughout the 1930s, Myers continued to work for the Chinese, first as technical advisor and service manager of Cathay Motors, then as Technical Advisor, regarding the development of automotive and other industries, to the Trust Department …