A tragedy of democracy [electronic resource] : Japanese confinement in North America / Greg Robinson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Greg, 1966-
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > Pacific States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > Government policy > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
Japanese > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Canada.
Pacific States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Canada > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2009 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Background to confinement
  • The decision to remove ethnic Japanese from the West Coast
  • Removal from the West Coast and control of ethnic Japanese outside
  • The camp experience
  • Military service and legal challenges
  • The end of confinement and the postwar readjustment of Issei and Nisei
  • Redress and the bitter heritage.