Rightlessness: Testimony and Redress in U.S. Prison Camps Since World War II

by A. Naomi Paik

In this bold book, A. Naomi Paik grapples with the history of U.S. prison camps that have confined people outside the boundaries of legal and civil rights. Removed from the social and political communities that would guarantee fundamental legal protections, these detainees are effectively rightless, stripped of the right even to have rights. Rightless people thus expose an essential paradox: while the United States purports to champion inalienable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469626314
• ISBN13: 9781469626314
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"