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1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
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| Note |
"Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority." |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue. The process of scapegoating ; A west coast dilemma ; The evacuated people -- Moving in. Impact of the relocation centers ; The administrative staff ; Evacuee and caucasian ; Work and wages ; A world of rumor ; The blocks: foundations of community life ; Community cross currents ; The outside ; Crises -- Being sorted. Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation -- Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out. Holding the centers ; The stake in America ; Disintegration of the centers ; Confusion at Tule Lake -- Epilogue. The journey continued ; The journey back ; Discontinuities and continuities. |
| Summary |
This important final report of the War Relocation Authority, written in 1946 and now released in book form with a comprehensive introduction by Edward H. Spicer, describes the growth and changes in the community life and how attitudes of Japanese-American relocatees and WRA administrators evolved, adjusted, and affected one another on political, social, and psychological levels. |
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Segregation.
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Internment camps -- United States.
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
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Ségrégation.
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Camps d'internement -- États-Unis.
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Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
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Internment camps
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Segregation
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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| Indexed Term |
Society & culture: general |
| Added Author |
Hansen, Asael T., author.
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Luomala, Katherine, author.
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Opler, Marvin K. (Marvin Kaufmann), 1914-1981, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: United States. War Relocation Authority. Impounded people. Century Collection edition. Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2016 9780816535422 (OCoLC)961923520 |
| ISBN |
9780816541607 (electronic bk.) |
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0816541604 (electronic bk.) |
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9780816535422 |
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0816535426 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000069302340 |
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AU@ 000075798730 |
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AU@ 000075843839 |
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AU@ 000075866713 |
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AU@ 000075882872 |
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