Landscapes of injustice : a new perspective on the internment and dispossession of Japanese Canadians / edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross.

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"In 1942, the Canadian government forced more than 21,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. They were told to bring only one suitcase each and officials vowed to protect the rest. Instead, Japanese Canadians were dispossessed, all their belongings either stolen or sold. The de...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stanger-Ross, Jordan (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Series:Rethinking Canada in the world ; 5.
Subjects:
Japanese > Canada > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
Japanese > Canada > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Japanese Canadians > British Columbia.
Eviction > Canada > History > 20th century.
Racism > Canada > History > 20th century.
Canada > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Japanese Canadians > Social conditions > 20th century.
Japanese Canadians > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Japanese Canadians > Canada > History > 20th century.
Japanese Canadians > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Japanese > Social conditions.
Japanese > Economic conditions.
Eviction.
Race relations.
Racism.
British Columbia.
Canada.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Issued also in electronic format.
Format: Book

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