Description
| 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.
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2018. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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| Audience: | Specialized. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780190909635 (ebook) : |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780190842062.001.0001 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 1, 2018). |
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