Concentration camps on the home front : Japanese Americans in the house of Jim Crow /
Howard, John, 1962-
Concentration camps on the home front : Japanese Americans in the house of Jim Crow / John Howard. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations, map -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-322) and index.
Introduction; 1 Expansion and Restriction; 2 Subversion; 3 Concentration and Cooperation; 4 Camp Life; 5 Race, War, Dances; 6 Americanization and Christianization; 7 Strikes and Resistance; 8 Segregation, Expatriation, Annihilation; 9 Resettlement and Dispersal; 10 Occupation and Statehood; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.
Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. Ten concentration camps were set up across the country to confine over 120,000 inmates. Almost 20,000 of them were shipped to the only two camps in the segregated South--Jerome and Rohwer in Arkansas--locations that put them right in the heart of a much older, long-festering system of racist oppression. The first history of these Arkansas camps, Concentration Camps on the Home Front is an eye-opening account of the inm.
English.
9780226354774 (electronic bk.) 0226354776 (electronic bk.) 1282069934 9781282069930 9786612069932 6612069937
10.7208/9780226354774 doi
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Uk Uk
1900-1999
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arkansas--Jerome.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arkansas--Rohwer.
Japanese Americans--Arkansas--Biography.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions--Arkansas--20th century.
Community life--History--Arkansas--20th century.
Imprisonment--Social aspects--History--Arkansas--20th century.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Arkansas--Biographies.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Conditions sociales--Arkansas--20e siècle.
Communauté--Histoire--Arkansas--20e siècle.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--Histoire--Arkansas--20e siècle.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Community life.
Concentration camps.
Imprisonment--Social aspects.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
Arkansas--Race relations--History--20th century.
Southern States--Race relations--Case studies.
Arkansas--Relations raciales--Histoire--20e siècle.
États-Unis (Sud)--Relations raciales--Études de cas.
Arkansas.
Arkansas--Jerome.
Arkansas--Rohwer.
Southern States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D769.8.A6 / H69 2008eb
940.53/17767
Concentration camps on the home front : Japanese Americans in the house of Jim Crow / John Howard. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations, map -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-322) and index.
Introduction; 1 Expansion and Restriction; 2 Subversion; 3 Concentration and Cooperation; 4 Camp Life; 5 Race, War, Dances; 6 Americanization and Christianization; 7 Strikes and Resistance; 8 Segregation, Expatriation, Annihilation; 9 Resettlement and Dispersal; 10 Occupation and Statehood; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.
Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. Ten concentration camps were set up across the country to confine over 120,000 inmates. Almost 20,000 of them were shipped to the only two camps in the segregated South--Jerome and Rohwer in Arkansas--locations that put them right in the heart of a much older, long-festering system of racist oppression. The first history of these Arkansas camps, Concentration Camps on the Home Front is an eye-opening account of the inm.
English.
9780226354774 (electronic bk.) 0226354776 (electronic bk.) 1282069934 9781282069930 9786612069932 6612069937
10.7208/9780226354774 doi
206993 MIL 20529D6D-13D3-4091-9E7D-82D2F61D5F9A OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBA890559 bnb GBA890559. bnb
Uk Uk
1900-1999
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arkansas--Jerome.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arkansas--Rohwer.
Japanese Americans--Arkansas--Biography.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions--Arkansas--20th century.
Community life--History--Arkansas--20th century.
Imprisonment--Social aspects--History--Arkansas--20th century.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Arkansas--Biographies.
Américains d'origine japonaise--Conditions sociales--Arkansas--20e siècle.
Communauté--Histoire--Arkansas--20e siècle.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--Histoire--Arkansas--20e siècle.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Community life.
Concentration camps.
Imprisonment--Social aspects.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
Arkansas--Race relations--History--20th century.
Southern States--Race relations--Case studies.
Arkansas--Relations raciales--Histoire--20e siècle.
États-Unis (Sud)--Relations raciales--Études de cas.
Arkansas.
Arkansas--Jerome.
Arkansas--Rohwer.
Southern States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D769.8.A6 / H69 2008eb
940.53/17767