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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820939603321

Autore

Robinson Greg <1966->

Titolo

By order of the president : FDR and the internment of Japanese Americans / / Greg Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-674-04280-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

940.53089956073

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction 1. A Racial Fear Emerges 2. War Abroad, Suspicion at Home 3. FDR's Decision to Intern 4. Implementing an Undemocratic Policy 5. Covering a Retreat 6. Equal Justice Delayed 7. The President of All the People? Note on Terminology Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt allowed the removal of Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese descent from their homes and incarceration under guard in camps. This book examines the president's central role in the internment and the reasons why.