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Prejudice, War, and the Constitution: Causes and Consequences of the Evacuation of the Japanese Americans in World War II

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Prejudice, War, and the Constitution: Causes and Consequences of the Evacuation of the Japanese Americans in World War II - Tenbroek, Jacobus, and Barnhart, Edward N, and Matson, Floyd W
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During World War II, 110,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were banished from their homes and confined behind barbed wire for two and a half years. This comprehensive work surveys the historical origins, political characteristics, and legal consequences of that calamitous episode. The authors describe the myths and suspicions about Orientals on the West Coast and trace the influence of racial bigotry in the evacuation and in the court cases growing out of it. A theory is advanced to account for the ...

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Prejudice, War, and the Constitution: Causes and Consequences of the Evacuation of the Japanese Americans in World War II 1970, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

ISBN-13: 9780520012622

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