06776nam 2200769 a 450 991081029510332120200520144314.01-280-59974-X97866136295860-231-52012-310.7312/robi12922(CKB)2670000000187145(OCoLC)787844800(CaPaEBR)ebrary10538062(SSID)ssj0000647960(PQKBManifestationID)12256430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647960(PQKBWorkID)10597249(PQKB)23419219(DE-B1597)459269(OCoLC)979573646(DE-B1597)9780231520126(MiAaPQ)EBC908766(Au-PeEL)EBL908766(CaPaEBR)ebr10538062(CaONFJC)MIL362958(OCoLC)826476470(EXLCZ)99267000000018714520081110d2009 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA tragedy of democracy Japanese confinement in North America /Greg RobinsonNew York Columbia University Pressc20091 online resource (408 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-231-12923-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Background to confinement -- The decision to remove ethnic Japanese from the West Coast -- Removal from the West Coast and control of ethnic Japanese outside -- The camp experience -- Military service and legal challenges -- The end of confinement and the postwar readjustment of Issei and Nisei -- Redress and the bitter heritage.The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson provides a backstory of confinement that reveals for the first time the extent of the American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed "concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers the aftermath of confinement, including the place of Japanese Americans in postwar civil rights struggles, the long movement by former camp inmates for redress, and the continuing role of the camps as touchstones for nationwide commemoration and debate. Most remarkably, A Tragedy of Democracy is the first book to analyze official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland alongside events in wartime Hawaii, where fears of Japanese Americans justified Army dictatorship, suspension of the Constitution, and the imposition of military tribunals. He similarly reads the treatment of Japanese Americans against Canada's confinement of 22,000 citizens and residents of Japanese ancestry from British Columbia. A Tragedy of Democracy recounts the expulsion of almost 5,000 Japanese from Mexico's Pacific Coast and the poignant story of the Japanese Latin Americans who were kidnapped from their homes and interned in the United States. Approaching Japanese confinement as a continental and international phenomenon, Robinson offers a truly kaleidoscopic understanding of its genesis and outcomes. The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson provides a backstory of confinement that reveals for the first time the extent of the American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed "concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers the aftermath of confinement, including the place of Japanese Americans in postwar civil rights struggles, the long movement by former camp inmates for redress, and the continuing role of the camps as touchstones for nationwide commemoration and debate. Most remarkably, A Tragedy of Democracy is the first book to analyze official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland alongside events in wartime Hawaii, where fears of Japanese Americans justified Army dictatorship, suspension of the Constitution, and the imposition of military tribunals. He similarly reads the treatment of Japanese Americans against Canada's confinement of 22,000 citizens and residents of Japanese ancestry from British Columbia. A Tragedy of Democracy recounts the expulsion of almost 5,000 Japanese from Mexico's Pacific Coast and the poignant story of the Japanese Latin Americans who were kidnapped from their homes and interned in the United States. Approaching Japanese confinement as a continental and international phenomenon, Robinson offers a truly kaleidoscopic understanding of its genesis and outcomes.Japanese AmericansForced removal and internment, 1942-1945Japanese AmericansPacific StatesSocial conditions20th centuryJapanese AmericansGovernment policyHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesJapaneseGovernment policyCanadaHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsCanadaPacific StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryCanadaRace relationsHistory20th centuryJapanese AmericansForced removal and internment, 1942-1945.Japanese AmericansSocial conditionsJapanese AmericansGovernment policyHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsJapaneseGovernment policyHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspects940.53/1773NQ 5340rvkRobinson Greg1966-512224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810295103321A tragedy of democracy4017500UNINA