Nature behind barbed wire : an environmental history of the Japanese American incarceration / Connie Y. Chiang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiang, Connie Y., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Japanese Americans.

Internment camps--United States--History--20th century.

Internment camps.

World War, 1939-1945--Environmental aspects.

World War, 1939-1945.

Human ecology--United States--History.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in US history. Removed from their homes on the temperate Pacific Coast, Japanese Americans spent the war years in ten desolate camps in the nation's interior. Although scholars and commentators acknowledge the harsh environmental conditions of these camps, they have turned their attention to the social, political, or legal dimensions of this story. 'Nature Behind Barbed Wire' shifts the focus to the natural world and explores how it shaped the experiences of Japanese Americans and federal officials who worked for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the civilian agency that administered the camps.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 1, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-084208-3

0-19-090963-3