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During World War Ii, 110,000 Japanese Americans--30,000 Of Them Children--were Torn From Their Homes And Incarcerated In Camps Surrounded By Barbed Wire And Military Guards In What The Aclu Has Called The Greatest Deprivation Of Civil Rights By Government In This Country Since Slavery. The Experience Of These Children Left A Tangle Of Social Meanings That Had Not Been Inspected With The Care It Deserves Until This Book Was Written. Because They Were Schoolchildren, Theirs Was An Educational History; And Thomas James Tells It Here, Fully Mindful Of The Irony Of Children Studying Democracy And Its Ideals While Suffering As Victims Of The Most Undemocratic Of All Processes--imprisonment In A Relocation Camp Solely On The Basis Of Their Race. James Uses The Rich Documentary Evidence In The Records Of The War Relocation Authority And Other Archives To Survey The Camps As Educational Institutions. Photographs Of Life In The Camps Show Uncomprehending, Innocent Faces Tinged With Sadness. What Sort Of Education Took Place? What Did Educators Think They Were Doing There? How Did The Children React And Adjust? James Interprets The Improbable Hope Of Educational Planners That They Could Make

Author

James, Thomas, 1948-

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674275263

Subjects

Education, History