| Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps Updated Edition Contributor(s): Weglyn, Michi Nishiura (Author), Michener, James A. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0295974842 ISBN-13: 9780295974842 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1996 Annotation: In the early part of World War II, 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned in relocation centers. Manzanar, the first of ten such concentration camps, was bounded by barbed wire and guard towers, confining 10,000 persons, the majority being American citizens. May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism and economic exploitation never emerge again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 95045374 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.03" W x 9.28" (1.12 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presents a documented account of WWII Japanese American internment. This work tells the story of administrative callousness and bungling, of damage to the human soul, confusion, and terror. |