Historical memories of the Japanese American internment and the struggle for redress
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Historical memories of the Japanese American internment and the struggle for redress
（Asian America）
Stanford University Press, 2008
- : cloth
- : paper
Available at / 21 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-568) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book analyzes how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the World War II internment of Japanese Americans during the last six decades. It compares attempts by government officials, internees, academics, and activists to control interpretations of internment causes and consequences in congressional hearings, court proceedings, scholarship, popular literature, ethnic community events, monuments, museums, films, and Web sites. Initial accounts celebrated internee loyalty, military patriotism, postwar assimilation, and "model minority" success. Later histories emphasized racist "concentration camps," protests inside the camps, and continued suffering within the community.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction 1 The History of "Military Necessity" and the Justification of Internment 2 Dillon S. Myer and the WRA's History of "Relocation, Reintegration and Rehabilitation" 3 "We Pledge Our Fullest Cooperation": the Japanese American Citizens League's History of Loyalty and Patriotism 4 The History of "Helpful" Administrative Advisers and "Objective" Researchers Within the Camps 5 The Resurrection of the History of Internment in the 1960s and 1970s 6 America's "Concentration Camps": Revisionist Histories and Japanese American Activism in the late 1960s and 1970s 7 "Three Strands Woven into the Same Fabric": Japanese American History and the Struggle to Obtain Redress 8 Multiple Histories of Internment and the Passage of Redress Legislation 9 Internment Exhibits, Monuments, Films, and the Lessons of History Epilogue: The Legacy of Japanese American Internment and Redress Notes Bibliography Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
