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Altered Lives, Enduring Community: Japanese Americans Remember Their World War II Incarceration

Altered Lives, Enduring Community: Japanese Americans Remember Their World War II Incarceration

Fernandez, Marilyn
Fugita, Stephen S.

Paperback

Series: Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies (Paperback)

20th Century United States HistoryAsian American StudiesWorld War II

ISBN10: 0295983817
ISBN13: 9780295983813
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: Apr 1 2004
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Altered Lives, Enduring Community examines the long-term effects on Japanese Americans of their World War II experiences: forced removal from their Pacific Coast homes, incarceration in desolate government camps, and ultimate resettlement. As part of Seattle's Densho: Japanese American Legacy Project, the authors collected interviews and survey data from Japanese Americans now living in King County, Washington, who were imprisoned during World War II. Their clear-eyed, often poignant account presents the contemporary, post-redress perspectives of former incarcerees on their experiences and the consequences for their life course.

Using descriptive material that personalizes and contextualizes the data, the authors show how prewar socioeconomic networks and the specific characteristics of the incarceration experience affected Japanese American readjustment in the postwar era. Topics explored include the effects of incarceration and resettlement on social relationships and community structure, educational and occupational trajectories, marriage and childbearing, and military service and draft resistance. The consequences of initial resettlement location and religious orientation are also examined.

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