Prejudice, War, and the Constitution : Causes and Consequences of the Evacuation of the Japanese Americans in World War II / tenBroek/Barnhart; ed. by Edward N. Barnhart, Jacobus tenBroek, Floyd W. Matson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

tenBroek/Barnhart, Author.

Contributor:

Barnhart, Edward N., Editor.

Matson, Floyd W., Editor.

TenBroek, Jacobus, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1970]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

During World War II, 110,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were banished from their homes and confined behind barbed wire for two and a half years. This comprehensive work surveys the historical origins, political characteristics, and legal consequences of that calamitous episode. The authors describe the myths and suspicions about Orientals on the West Coast and trace the influence of racial bigotry in the evacuation and in the court cases growing out of it. A theory is advanced to account for the administrative and legal decisions which initiated and concluded this calamity. Finally, the authors analyze the principal constitutional issues involved in the evacuation and their implications for the future.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-35313-7