Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America

by Greg Robinson

Book Overview

The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective.

Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson provides a backstory of confinement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023112922X
• ISBN13: 9780231129220
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher