Race, Nation, War - Japanese American Forced Removal, Public Policy and National Security

This book examines international post-9/11 policies by connecting them to the US violations of Japanese Americans' human rights during World War II. Analysing the policies of the United States, Race, Nation, War illustrates how ideas of race and masculinity shaped the indefinite leave policy which the government used to move Japanese Americans out of camps during the war. With attention to recent American and European policies, the author demonstrates that race, gender, and nation also converge in President Trump's policies on refugees and human rights, the German and European migrant crises, and related German policies and politics. Assayed from a unique city and regional planning perspective, Race, Nation, War will appeal not only to scholars of planning, but also to those with interests in American Studies, gender studies, race and ethnicity, sociology, history, and public policy.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Overview of World War II policies targeting Japanese Americans; 3. Dillion Myer goes to war: masculinity and the War Relocation Authority; 4. Forced migration "the American Way": race and the War Relocation Authority; 5. Epilogue: racism and nationalism in the twenty-first century

About the author

Ayanna Yonemura is Visiting Faculty Fellow, Women of Color/Non-Binary People of Color Scholars Inclusion Project, and Lecturer, Asian American Studies Department, at the University of California Davis, USA. Her research looks at race, public policy, and urban planning from a feminist perspective.

Summary

This book examines international post-9/11 policies by connecting them to the United States’ World War II resettlement of Japanese Americans, illustrating how ideas of race and masculinity shaped resettlement out of internment camps.

Product details

• Authors: Ayanna Yonemura, Ayanna (University of California Yonemura
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367727697
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72769-7
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History and Archaeology, Black & Asian Studies