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Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all ofthose citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. Ten concentration camps were set up across the country to confine over 120,000 inmates. Almost 20,000 of them were shipped to the only two camps in the segregated South—Jerome and Rohwer in Arkansas—locations that put them right in the heart of a much older, long-festering system of racist oppression. The first history of these Arkansas camps, __Concentration Camps on the Home Front__ is an eye-opening account of the inmates’ experiences and a searing examination of American imperialism and racist hysteria. While the basic facts of Japanese-American incarceration are well known, John Howard’s extensive research gives voice tothose whosestories have been forgotten or ignored. He highlights the roles of women, first-generation immigrants, and those who forcefully resisted their incarceration by speaking out against dangerous working conditions and white racism.In additionto this overlooked history of dissent, Howard also exposes the government’s aggressive campaign to Americanize the inmates and even convert

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Author

John Howard

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226354774

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.26 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14