"The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration is a powerful meditation on how injustice catalyzes individual and collective transformation that also stretches our geographic and temporal understanding of the significance of wartime Japanese internment. While the story it tells is about a specific subject and community, it also provides a rich lesson about how the past is always changing."—Shelley Lee, Oberlin College "This is a moving and original account of how the trauma of wartime incarceration unexpectedly turned victims into passionate advocates for human rights and social change. By exploring how agency can emerge in the aftermath of injustice, Karen Inouye has written a model of interdisciplinary and transnational inquiry. This book will transform how we think about one of the darkest chapters of North American history."—Christopher Lee, University of British Columbia "The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration makes an important contribution to the scholarship about Nikkei history and the study of memory and activism. Inouye's writing and analysis are admirably empathic, making her work readable and engaging. Anyone concerned about civil rights violations by the federal government, which starkly shapes both the past and the present, will likely find this work meaningful and inspiring."—Naoko Wake, H-FedHist "This book is significant for its cultural study of trauma, and should be compulsory reading not only for academics and students of history, but also for anyone whose actions have the potential to affect the lives of generations to come."—Rachel Pistol, Journal of American Studies