From Concentration Camp to Campus - Japanese American Students and World War II

Klappentext Exploring racism and multiculturalism in WWII-era Japanese American student resettlement Zusammenfassung In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. This book examines the Council's work and the challenges it faced in an atmosphere of pervasive wartime racism.

Product details

• Authors: Allan W. Austin
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2007
• EAN: 9780252074493
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07449-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Asian American Experience; Asian American Experience (Uni; Asian American Experience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous