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Author

Robinson, Greg, 1966-

Title A tragedy of democracy : Japanese confinement in North America / Greg Robinson.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	940.531773 R562t 2009	---	Available

Description	viii, 397 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
	Japanese Americans -- Pacific States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Japanese Americans -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century.
	Pacific States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Japanese -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
	Canada -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Canada.
ISBN	9780231129220 (cloth : alk. paper)
	023112922X