Prisoners Without Trial Japanese Americans in World War II

by Daniels, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780809078967
• ISBN10: 0809078961
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-15
• Publisher: Hill and Wang

Summary

Part of Hill and Wang's Critical Issues Series and well established on college reading lists, PRISONERS WITHOUT TRIAL presents a concise introduction to a shameful chapter in American history: the incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. With a revised final chapter and expanded recommended readings, Roger Daniels's updated edition examines a tragic event in our nation's past and thoughtfully asks if it could happen again.

Author Biography

Roger Daniels, the author of Guarding the Golden Door, is a renowned expert on Asian American and immigration history, was a consultant to the commission that recommended redress, and has served on the History Advisory Board for the Ellis Island Immigration Museum since its inception.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Preface to the Revised Edition	xi
1 Background for a Roundup, 1850-1941	3	(19)
2 The Politics of Incarceration, 1941-1942	22	(27)
3 Life Behind Barbed Wire, 1942-1946	49	(23)
4 Return to Freedom, 1942-1946	72	(16)
5 Rehabilitation and Redress, 1943-1990	88	(19)
6 Could It Happen Again?	107	(8)
7 Epilogue: Since 1990	115	(8)
An Essay in Photographs	123	(16)
Suggestions for Further Reading	139	(6)
Appendix: Documents	145	(6)
Index	151

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