| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Contents |
Prologue. The process of scapegoating ; A west coast dilemma ; The evacuated people -- Moving in. Impact of the relocation centers ; The administrative staff ; Evacuee and caucasian ; Work and wages ; A world of rumor ; The blocks: foundations of community life ; Community cross currents ; The outside ; Crises -- Being sorted. Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation -- Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out. Holding the centers ; The stake in America ; Disintegration of the centers ; Confusion at Tule Lake -- Epilogue. The journey continued ; The journey back ; Discontinuities and continuities |
| Summary |
This important final report of the War Relocation Authority, written in 1946 and now released in book form with a comprehensive introduction by Edward H. Spicer, describes the growth and changes in the community life and how attitudes of Japanese-American relocatees and WRA administrators evolved, adjusted, and affected one another on political, social, and psychological levels |
| Analysis |
Society & culture: general |
| Notes |
"Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-331) and index |
| Subject |
Segregation.
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Internment camps -- United States.
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
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Internment camps
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Segregation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hansen, Asael T., author
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Luomala, Katherine, author
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Opler, Marvin K. (Marvin Kaufmann), 1914-1981, author
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| ISBN |
9780816541607 |
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0816541604 |
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