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Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment
Brian Masaru Hayashi
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Description for Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment
Paperback. During World War II, some 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and detained in concentration camps in several states. This book evaluates the three-year ordeal of interred Japanese Americans. It examines the forces behind the US government's decision to establish internment camps. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
During World War II some 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and detained in concentration camps in several states. These Japanese Americans lost millions of dollars in property and were forced to live in so-called "assembly centers" surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed sentries. In this insightful and groundbreaking work, Brian Hayashi reevaluates the three-year ordeal of interred Japanese Americans. Using previously undiscovered documents, he examines the forces behind the U.S. government's decision to establish internment camps. His conclusion: the motives of government officials and top military brass likely transcended the standard explanations of racism, wartime ... Read more
During World War II some 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and detained in concentration camps in several states. These Japanese Americans lost millions of dollars in property and were forced to live in so-called "assembly centers" surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed sentries. In this insightful and groundbreaking work, Brian Hayashi reevaluates the three-year ordeal of interred Japanese Americans. Using previously undiscovered documents, he examines the forces behind the U.S. government's decision to establish internment camps. His conclusion: the motives of government officials and top military brass likely transcended the standard explanations of racism, wartime ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138237
SKU
V9780691138237
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About Brian Masaru Hayashi
Brian Masaru Hayashi is Associate Professor of Human Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, and author of "For the Sake of Our Japanese Brethren: Assimilation, Nationalism, and Protestantism among the Japanese of Los Angeles, 1895-1942".
Reviews for Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment
Winner of the 2006 Robert G. Athearn Award, Western History Association "Hayashi's book provides a newer, deeper insight into Japanese American history. Hayashi's book is a masterpiece and should be read by anyone writing on the Japanese American internment."
Eriko Yamamoto, History "This fresh and far-reaching interpretation of the World War II Japanese American exclusion and detention experience achieves benchmark historiographical ... Read more
Eriko Yamamoto, History "This fresh and far-reaching interpretation of the World War II Japanese American exclusion and detention experience achieves benchmark historiographical ... Read more