Uprooting Community : Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / Selfa A. Chew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chew, Selfa A., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese--Mexico--History--20th century.

Japanese.

Japanese--Mexico--Ethnic identity.

Japanese--Mexico--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Mexico.

World War, 1939-1945.

Mexico--Race relations--History--20th century.

Mexico.

Mexican-American Border Region--Race relations--History--20th century.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexico--Relations--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Relations--Mexico--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tucson, [Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Gendered criminalization

The formation of Japanese Mexican communities in the Mexico/United States borderlands before World War II

World War II and hemispheric defense impacting border communities

Citizenship revoked and the realities of displacement during World War II

The road to concentration camps : Villa Aldama and Batán

Attempts to challenge or postpone displacement

Temixco concentration camp

A transnational family : life in Crystal City Camp

Conclusion.

Notes:

Originally published as author's dissertation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3238-9

OCLC:

925423703