A tragedy of democracy
Subtitle: Japanese confinement in North America
By: Greg Robinson.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231129220; 9780231520126
Subjects: Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background to confinement; title: The decision to remove ethnic Japanese from the West Coast; title: Removal from the West Coast and control of ethnic Japanese outside; title: The camp experience; title: Military service and legal challenges; title: The end of confinement and the postwar readjustment of Issei and Nisei; title: Redress and the bitter heritage.