Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps /

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"In the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II, internees could, on any given day, be both clients and victims of their assigned War Relocation Authority lawyers. The morally ambiguous remit of these attorneys was wide and often contradictory, including overseeing the day-to-day adm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Muller, Eric L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Subjects:
United States. > War Relocation Authority > Officials and employees.
United States. > War Relocation Authority
1900-1999
Government attorneys > United States > History > 20th century.
Government attorneys > Psychology.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States.
Role conflict.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Camps d'internement > États-Unis.
Conflit de rôles.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Role conflict
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Internment camps
Government attorneys
Employees
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The WRA and Japanese America
  • Book 1. Jerry Housel at heart mountain in Wyoming
  • Chapter 1. Late October 1942
  • Chapter 2. November 1942
  • Chapter 3. February 1943
  • Chapter 4. March 1943
  • Chapter 5. May-June 1943
  • Book 2. Ted Haas and Thomas Masuda at poston in Arizona
  • Chapter 6. Late August 1942
  • Chapter 7. November 1942
  • Chapter 8. February 1943
  • Chapter 9. June 1943
  • Chapter 10. July 1943
  • Book 3. James Hendrick Terry at Gila River in Arizona
  • Chapter 11. December 1942
  • Chapter 12. Late January 1943
  • Chapter 13. Late February 1943
  • Chapter 14. May 1943
  • Chapter 15. December 1943
  • EPILOGUE
  • Author's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes.

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