Impounded People Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers / Edward H. Spicer, Asael T. Hansen, Katherine Luomala, Marvin K. Opler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983, author.

Opler, Marvin K. (Marvin Kaufmann), 1914-1981, author.

Luomala, Katherine, author.

Hansen, Asael T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource viii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans.

Place of Publication:

University of Arizona Press 2021

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

"Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780816501755

0816501750

OCLC:

1250265557