Concentration Camps on the Home Front
Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. Ten concentration camps were set up across the country to confine over 120, 000 inmates. Almost 20, 000 of them were shipped to the only two camps in the segregated SouthaJerome and Rohwer in Arkansasalocations that put them right in the heart of a much older, long-festering system of racist oppression. The first history of these Arkansas camps, Concentration Camps on the Home Front is an eye-opening account of the inmatesa experiences and a searing examination of American imperialism and racist hysteria. While the basic facts of Japanese-American incarceration are well known, John Howardas extensive research gives voice to those whose stories have been forgotten or ignored. He highlights the roles of women, first-generation immigrants, and those who forcefully resisted their incarceration by speaking out against dangerous working conditions and white racism. In addition to this overlooked history of dissent, Howard also exposes the governmentas aggressive campaign to Americanize the inmates and even convert them to Christianity. After the war ended, this movement culminated in the dispersal of the prisoners across the nation in a calculated effort to break up ethnic enclaves. Howardas re-creation of life in the camps is powerful, provocative, and disturbing. Concentration Camps on the Home Front rewrites a notorious chapter in American historyaa shameful story that nonetheless speaks to the strength of human resilience in the face of even the most grievous injustices.He was Santa Claus, turning up at Christmastime and doling out presents to youngsters. ... American citizens and longtime residents forced from their homes on the West Coast and indiscriminately incarcerated in the interior, particularly thoseanbsp;...
| Title | : | Concentration Camps on the Home Front |
| Author | : | John Howard |
| Publisher | : | University of Chicago Press - 2009-05-15 |
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