Historical memories of the Japanese American internment and the struggle for redress / Alice Yang Murray.

Author/creator Murray, Alice Yang
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 590 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesAsian America
Asian America. ^A319433
Contents The history of "military necessity" and the justification for internment -- Dillon S. Myer and the WRA's history of "relocation, reintegration, and rehabilitation" -- "We pledge our fullest cooperation" : a history of loyalty and patriotism in the Japanese American Citizens League -- The history of "helpful" administrative advisers and "objective" researchers within the camps -- The resurrection of the history of internment in the 1960s and 1970s -- America's "concentration camps" : revisionist histories and activism in the 1960s and 1970s -- "Three strands woven into a single fabric" : Japanese American history and the struggle to obtain redress -- Multiple histories of internment and the passage of redress legislation -- Representations of internment in art and media, and the lessons of history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 529-568) and index.
LCCN 2007001251
ISBN9780804745345 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080474534X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks D 769.8.A6 M88 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold