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From Chinese exclusion to Guantánamo Bay : plenary power and the prerogative state / Natsu Taylor Saito.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Saito, Natsu Taylor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
War and emergency powers--United States.
War and emergency powers.
Detention of persons.
History.
United States.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Race discrimination.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation.
Detention of persons--United States--History.
Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation.
Terrorism.
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans.
Physical Description:
x, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2007]
Contents:
An authority unchallengeable and complete : plenary power over immigrants, American Indians, and external U.S. colonies
Silencing the constitution : the Japanese American internment and redress
Military necessity? : the World War II internment of Japanese Latin Americans
History repeats itself : the racing of Arab Americans as the enemy
Force trumps law after September 11 : disappearances, detentions, and deportations
The war on terror : who or what is being protected?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-456) and indexes.
ISBN:
0870818511
9780870818516
OCLC:
70402252

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