I think I've heard of Under the Black Umbrella, but not the others--they all sound fascinating. Have you read Ronald Dore's Shinohata? It's an ethnography rather than an oral history, but it sounds like it picks up at the time point where S&S leaves off.

Rereading this post again, I do still think it would be a good course. My advisor said as much when I brought the idea up with him briefly at the time, which is always encouraging.