Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp
by Wegars, Priscilla; Ayukawa, Michiko MidgeFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-15
Publisher(s): Caxton Pr
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Summary
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press Imprisoned in Paradise exposes the U.S.'s little-known WWII rendition of Japanese Latin Americans, including men kidnapped from their homes in Peru, Panama and Mexico and interned at the Kooskia Camp. Unlike Japanese Americans who have received an official apology and redress from the U.S. government, the Japanese Latin Americans are still waiting to obtain justice for the violation of their human rights. Here, finally, is their story.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxix |
| Anti-Japanese Attitudes: Foreshadowing Japanese American Internment and Incarceration | p. 1 |
| Anticipating Internee Arrival: Establishing the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 21 |
| No Barbed Wire: Living Conditions at the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 39 |
| "A Real He-Man's Job": Work Assignments and Working Conditions | p. 59 |
| A Powerful Petition: Internees Protest Deteriorating Conditions at the Kooskia Camp | p. 81 |
| Finding Freedom in Leisure: Recreation at the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 97 |
| Candid and Outspoken: Internee and Employee Perspectives on the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 125 |
| Surviving External Scrutiny: Inspections, Rehearings, and Releases | p. 147 |
| Friends or Enemies?: Internees Interact with the "Home Front" | p. 163 |
| Back to Barbed Wire: Closure of the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 179 |
| List of All Men at the Kooskia Internment Camp | p. 201 |
| List of Abbreviations | p. 215 |
| Endnotes | p. 223 |
| References Cited | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 295 |
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