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Un-American : the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II / Richard Cahan and Michael Williams ; images by Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and other government photographers.
Van Pelt Library D769.8.A6 C194 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cahan, Richard, author.
- Williams, Michael (Michael F.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- Japanese Americans.
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States--Pictorial works.
- Internment camps.
- Nazi concentration camps.
- United States.
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : CityFiles Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.
- Contents:
- What life was like
- Bewildering and sorrowful days
- Picked up
- The new inmates
- Vandalism and thievery
- A serious documentary manner
- The closing of the camps
- Sacred ground
- Backstory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780991541867
- 0991541863
- OCLC:
- 941875582
- Publisher Number:
- 99970340834
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