A Tragedy of Democracy : Japanese Confinement in North America.

By: Robinson, GregMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (409 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780231520126Subject(s): Japanese -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Japanese Americans -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Japanese Americans -- Pacific States -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Pacific States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Canada | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Tragedy of Democracy : Japanese Confinement in North AmericaDDC classification: 940.53/1773 LOC classification: D769.8.A6 -- R64 2009ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- [Contents] -- [A Note on Terminology] -- Introduction -- [1] Background to Confinement -- [2] The Decision to Remove Ethnic Japanese from the West Coast -- [3] Removal from the West Coastand Control of Ethnic Japanese Outside -- [4] The Camp Experience -- [5] Military Service and Legal Challenges -- [6] The End of Confinement and the Postwar Readjustment of Issei and Nisei -- [7] Redress and the Bitter Heritage -- [Notes] -- [Acknowledgments] -- Index.
Summary: The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new und.
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Intro -- [Contents] -- [A Note on Terminology] -- Introduction -- [1] Background to Confinement -- [2] The Decision to Remove Ethnic Japanese from the West Coast -- [3] Removal from the West Coastand Control of Ethnic Japanese Outside -- [4] The Camp Experience -- [5] Military Service and Legal Challenges -- [6] The End of Confinement and the Postwar Readjustment of Issei and Nisei -- [7] Redress and the Bitter Heritage -- [Notes] -- [Acknowledgments] -- Index.

The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new und.

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