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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797558503321

Autore

Bishop Ronald <1961->

Titolo

Community newspapers and the Japanese-American incarceration camps : community, not controversy / / Ronald Bishop ; with Morgan Dudkewitz, Alissa Falcone, and Renee Daggett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

2015

ISBN

1-4985-1108-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

070.4/49940531773

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 - Press coverage

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 - Economic aspects

Internment camps - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century

Internment camps - Arkansas - History - 20th century

Community newspapers - United States - History - 20th century

Journalists - United States - History - 20th century

Place marketing - United States - History - 20th century

Press and politics - United States - History - 20th century

Minorities and journalism - United States - History - 20th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Manzanar : tension management -- Manzanar : picnics and parties -- Tule Lake : unscheduled enlargements -- Tule Lake : normal human beings -- Gila River : a typical cross-section of America -- Minidoka : well-timed publicity -- Heart Mountain : little more than minutes -- Amache : anything but a normal town -- Topaz : a very tragic thing -- Rohwer and Jerome : a world unto itself -- Conclusions: We're better than this.

Sommario/riassunto

"Community Newspapers and Japanese-American Incarceration Camps critically examines the tendency of journalists in all corners of the craft to be timid in times of war, precisely when the public's need for



accurate information is so pressing"--Provided by publisher.