Japanese American incarceration : the camps and coerced labor during World War II /

"Japanese American Incarceration argues that the incarceration of Japanese Americans created a massive system of prison labor that blurred the lines between free and forced work during World War II"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hinnershitz, Stephanie, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Series:Politics and culture in modern America.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States.
Forced labor > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > United States.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Camps d'internement > États-Unis.
Travail forcé > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Travail obligatoire > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Concentration camps.
Forced labor
Japanese Americans
United States
Asian American history.
Coerced labor.
Internment camps.
Japanese American Resettlement.
Japanese internment during WWII.
Labor history.
Poston Colony.
Public policy.
War Relocation Authority.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The economics of incarceration and the blueprint for Japanese American labor
  • 2. "What good was my contract?" : from free to convict laborers
  • 3. "Worse than prisoners" : labor resistance in the detention centers and prison camps
  • 4. A prison by any other name : labor and the Poston "Colony"
  • 5. Redemptive labor : Japanese American resettlement
  • Conclusion.

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